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Ritesh
3 years agoExplorer | Level 3
search_v2 returning wrong server_modified - returns the date of oldest file for all files
Hi,
I'm seeing weird intermittent behaviour from the search_v2 endpoint.
It seems to return the server_modified of the oldest file in the search result for every single file.
For example: Here's a query:
curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/search_v2 \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer TOKEN_REMOVED' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{"query":"20230122141412","options":{"file_extensions":[],"filename_only":true}}'
and the response is:
{
"has_more": false,
"matches": [
{
"match_type": {
".tag": "filename"
},
"metadata": {
".tag": "metadata",
"metadata": {
".tag": "file",
"client_modified": "2023-01-22T03:15:21Z",
"content_hash": "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
"id": "id:iG_fK2UiedcAAAAAAAAPuw",
"is_downloadable": true,
"name": "sms-20230122141412.xml",
"path_display": "/Apps/SMSBackupRestore/sms-20230122141412.xml",
"path_lower": "/apps/smsbackuprestore/sms-20230122141412.xml",
"rev": "5f2d1b1e7e8ef2d1f961d",
"server_modified": "2023-01-22T03:15:09Z",
"sharing_info": {
"modified_by": "dbid:AADnkh_8v4p6Kans4_Gbh8f2yHNamMdZPQE",
"parent_shared_folder_id": "757044765",
"read_only": false
},
"size": 224407
}
}
},
{
"match_type": {
".tag": "filename"
},
"metadata": {
".tag": "metadata",
"metadata": {
".tag": "file",
"client_modified": "2023-01-22T03:15:00Z",
"content_hash": "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
"id": "id:iG_fK2UiedcAAAAAAAAPug",
"is_downloadable": true,
"name": "calls-20230122141412.xml",
"path_display": "/Apps/SMSBackupRestore/calls-20230122141412.xml",
"path_lower": "/apps/smsbackuprestore/calls-20230122141412.xml",
"rev": "5f2d1b0a94ecf2d1f961d",
"server_modified": "2023-01-22T03:15:09Z",
"sharing_info": {
"modified_by": "dbid:AADnkh_8v4p6Kans4_Gbh8f2yHNamMdZPQE",
"parent_shared_folder_id": "757044765",
"read_only": false
},
"size": 154796
}
}
}
]
}
Notice the server_modified of both the files is the same.
Another query specifying the filename of the first file returned from the above response:
curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/search_v2 \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer TOKEN_REMOVED' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{"query":"sms-20230122141412.xml","options":{"file_extensions":[],"filename_only":true}}'
returns the correct server_modified:
{
"has_more": false,
"matches": [
{
"match_type": {
".tag": "filename"
},
"metadata": {
".tag": "metadata",
"metadata": {
".tag": "file",
"client_modified": "2023-01-22T03:15:21Z",
"content_hash": "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
"id": "id:iG_fK2UiedcAAAAAAAAPuw",
"is_downloadable": true,
"name": "sms-20230122141412.xml",
"path_display": "/Apps/SMSBackupRestore/sms-20230122141412.xml",
"path_lower": "/apps/smsbackuprestore/sms-20230122141412.xml",
"rev": "5f2d1b1e7e8ef2d1f961d",
"server_modified": "2023-01-22T03:15:30Z",
"sharing_info": {
"modified_by": "dbid:AADnkh_8v4p6Kans4_Gbh8f2yHNamMdZPQE",
"parent_shared_folder_id": "757044765",
"read_only": false
},
"size": 224407
}
}
}
]
}
The server_modified of the file is correct in this response.
There seems to be something weird going on with the results.
Can someone at Dropbox please look into this?
Thanks
2 Replies
- Greg-DB3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Thanks for the report! We'll look into it and I'll follow up here once I have an update.
- Greg-DB3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Apologies for the delayed response. The team has reported that this was fixed. Please let us know if you're still seeing this.
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