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dtheodor
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6 years ago

request_id in team_log/get_events and associating API actions with events

I am developing Dropbox apps, utilizing both User and Business endpoints to perform actions on files, as well as the event log for analytics purposes. I am looking to associate file actions performed...
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Greg-DB
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6 years ago

Unfortunately, as 'X-Dropbox-Request-Id' isn't officially documented or guaranteed, I can't recommend relying on it like this.

 

It can be useful when working with Dropbox to debug issues, but we don't currently guarantee it, due to some various backend details.

 

I'll send this along as a feature request to make this reliable and documented, but I can't guarantee if/when that might be done. Apologies I don't have a better answer for you!

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