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MarijaG's avatar
MarijaG
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

Search is returning more matches than expected

First of all, problem I'm trying to resolve is checking if folder exists anywhere on dropbox, without knowing it's exact path. Only endpoint I found that work without path or id is search. According...
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Elliott C.1's avatar
Elliott C.1
Helpful | Level 5
5 years ago

Thanks Greg; is there still no way to search for specific phrases?

I try not to be the "this can't be that hard" guy, but surely if the search function can do fuzzy matches it could also do exact ones.

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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

Elliott C.1 No, unfortunately I don't have an update on this feature request.

  • bdrhoa's avatar
    bdrhoa
    New member | Level 2
    5 years ago

    PLEASE add exact search!

    • Greg-DB's avatar
      Greg-DB
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      5 years ago

      bdrhoa Thanks for the feedback!

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