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Travis G.7's avatar
Travis G.7
New member | Level 2
11 years ago

/list_folder/continue Always empty

I can't seem to return files from the /list_folder/continue API v2. I am using a development app with auto generated access token to do the following: 1. Call /list_folder/get_latest_cursor - whi...
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Steve M.'s avatar
Steve M.
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11 years ago

/list_folder/continue should return files that have changed since the time you got the cursor. Have you made file changes since obtaining the cursor? Also check if you're passing true or false for the "recursive" field. (Perhaps the file changes you made are to a subfolder, but you're using making a non-recursive call to /list_folder/continue?)

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