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bharath_n_v
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

Is there any api to know whether a file contains restricted content?

Hi,

 

Is there any api to know whether a file contains restricted content before downloading api is hit?

 

Thanks in advance,

Bharath

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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    5 years ago

    No, unfortunately the Dropbox API doesn't offer a way to check this ahead of time, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though. 

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