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Pulling changes through API
Is it possible to use the API to look at all the changes made from all users?
We're doing certification where we need to "log" changes made within the files and folders.
Is there some sort of syslog or even in the API can you pull all changes made, including new users, changes to administration rights, etc etc.
Thanks,
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- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Yes, if you want to list and monitor the file changes for all of the members of your Business team, there are two ways you may go about it:
- Using /2/team_log/get_events[/continue] with a Dropbox Business API app with "team auditing" access: This allows you to list and then continue to monitor file change events for all members of your team. You can optionally set the "category" to "file_operations" in particular for file changes, but there are other categories for other types of events. Based on your description, this is probably the method you want to use in your case.
- Using /2/files/list_folder[/continue] via the "member file access" feature with a Dropbox Business API app with the "team member file access" permission: You can list the existing contents of any particular member of your team, and then continue monitoring changes over time. This would let you more directly access the actual file structure, but you would need to call for each member separately if you need to see the contents of all accounts.
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