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Nathan P.9
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9 years ago

Python files_search return empty?

Not sure what's happening but I'm working on a little python tool to look up a file by name in a given dropbox. I can do a files_list_folder fine and see the results: dbx.files_list_folder('') Lis...
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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

There can be some lag on search results (as opposed to the list_folder result). Are you still seeing this now that some time has gone by?

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