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ChandanT
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3 years ago

Search Folder or File with SearchV2Async

Hi,   I am trying to search for a specific folder in Dropbox using `Files.SearchV2Async` function in Dropbox sdk. The search option is set to look for only the active files/folders, but with th...
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kylea
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3 years ago

To confirm, you're observing (1) that the search endpoint is returning a deleted folder when you specify active content only, and (2) that the returned search result also reporting that it is not deleted?

 

I'm not able to reproduce that behavior. A couple questions:

  • How are you sure that the deleted folder is actually deleted? Is it possible you have similarly named folders?  I would look to compare the result of files/get_metadata with the search result's metadata to ensure we have the same path / id / status.
  • Is it possible that you deleted the folder at almost the same time as the search?
  • Are you able to reproduce this outside of the SDK (like in our API explorer) or is it specific to the SDK?  If the later, which version are you on?

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