How to get list of files recently modified within 24 hours through Dropbox API V2

Hi Greg. Have there been any updates on how to obtain the most recently modified files in a Dropbox account? I noticed the web UI supports a Recents view.

Kloudless V. No, I don't have any updates on this feature request for exposing recent file information on the API.

Any news after all these years?

Thanks

ADC75011 No, unfortunately I don't have any update on this request.

Hi Greg,

Just been interfacing with Dropbox API and came across this as I am looking for the extact same 'give me recently updated only' from the API.

I have to admit I am shocked that this very basic feature, after 3 years is still not in the API, is Dropbox not a multi billion dollar company?

Is there a particular reason why this extremely important feature has not been implemented?

pcooperuk Thanks for the feedback! I can't speak to why Dropbox hasn't chosen to implement any particular feature on the API, but I'll add your feedback to the feature request. 

Hi guys,

One way to workaround could be keep a list of cursors on regular basis and use the desired to enumerate latest (using /list_folder/continue). 😉

Hope this gives idea.

Add: Final solution could be Dropbox adds support of double directional lists. Currently API calls (like /list_folder or /list_folder/get_latest_cursor) returning cursors work only in enumeration of newer changes. Adding a boolean argument like 'reverse_direction' to arguments set of such calls could solve the issue permanently. 🙂

Thanks Здравко,

Will look into storing the cursor and fetching using continue.