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scribe4you
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9 years ago

syncing not working for files uploaded using dropbox api

we have created an app using dropbox api which is sending audio files to our dropbox folder. But those files are not appearing on my desktop although I have full sync on. When I am manually putting f...
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scribe4you
New member | Level 2
9 years ago

Quick question on syncing. Is there a way to remove/empty the original dropbox folder once sync has downloaded the file onto the PC? 

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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but you can use the delete endpoint (or corresponding delete method in whatever SDK you're using, if any) to delete any file or folder programmatically. There isn't a way via the API to determine if the sync operation to any particular client has finished though.

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