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alfoto
9 years agoNew member | Level 2
HTTP API to retrieve file comments info
I would need to know if it is possible to retrieve the comments written for a shared file (comment and position) and if it is possible to upload new comments or answers from a desktop application using CURL. Haven't found at the API list.
Thanks.
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- bpfister7777 years agoNew member | Level 2
I too desperately need a way to view/sort/export comments. My team has been commenting on PDFs (25,000ish so far) with the hopes that comments can be accessed or at the minimum opening the API to allow our developers pull out that data.
Would be a monumental game changer for us.
- Greg-DB7 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
bpfister777 Thanks for the feedback! I don't have any news on this unfortunately, but I'll follow up here if/when I do.
- kylea7 years ago
Dropbox Staff
Note that for Dropbox teams using the Business APIs, the get_events endpoint does return comment events.
- rpeyron7 years agoNew member | Level 2
It seems that there is an undocumented API for that /comments2/list_comments/. Here is a very basic sample to demonstrate : https://rpeyron.github.io/dropbox-comments-downloader/dropbox-comments-downloader.html
- Greg-DB7 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Please keep in mind that undocumented/private APIs are subject to change without notice, and so should not be used by third party apps.
- aviennas6 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Hello! Offering access to comments will cover an additional requirement, that of using comments as a replacement for file/folder description. I know this is not good design but if there is a desperate need to store a brief title for a document, that is the closest structure to rely on.
- Greg-DB6 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
aviennas Thanks for the additional feedback!
- dwissing6 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Greetings... Another user here who would really like to be able to access PDF comments from the API. This would greatly improve the usefulness to my team.
- Greg-DB6 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
dwissing Thanks for the note!
- mbernardo6 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Loooking for this too. Getting a way to get comments and the time of those comments on a API is a mus have!
Thanks
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