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PIttsburgh Menn's avatar
PIttsburgh Menn
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Unable to retrieve folder revisions through /metadata using rev parameter.

When I attempt to retrieve a folder's specific revision through /metadata I get back an error indicating that the rev is invalid or outdated. The documentation is worded such that this seems to be ...
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Leah C.1's avatar
Leah C.1
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

Hi Samson,

There's no way to get the previous name of a folder by the current folder name. However, in the new API v2, you can use the "id" parameter returned by the API to identify the folder.

So perhaps you could store the "id" along with the folder name/path. Then when you see a new folder, check if the id of the folder already exists in your database and update its name/path.

Hope that helps!
Leah

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