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neunygph
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9 years ago
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Response headers

Hi,   With API v2, we can be able to access/retrieve response header from get_thumbnail request in order to retrieve "etag" and "dropbox-api-result". I just start using  Dropbox SDK from http://dro...
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    Greg-DB
    9 years ago
    Yes, if there have been any changes to the file, the rev will be different.
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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

The JavaScript SDK doesn't expose these directly. Instead, the information from the filesGetThumbnail response is translated into a JavaScript object for you. Likewise, the etag value is available as the "rev" metadata.

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neunygph
Explorer | Level 4
9 years ago
Hello Greg,

So that mean we can use the rev value as an etag to check if the file has been modified since the last request, is that correct ?
Thanks,
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    Greg-DB
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    9 years ago
    Yes, if there have been any changes to the file, the rev will be different.
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      neunygph
      Explorer | Level 4
      9 years ago

      Oh I see, thank you.

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