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Abhishek C.3's avatar
Abhishek C.3
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11 years ago

Unique identifier for file or folder

The most of the APIs returns path as an attribute for files or folders. eg. "/log/get_events" API. Now as a dropbox for Business Admin would have no control on identify the file if two users have sam...
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Steve M.'s avatar
Steve M.
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11 years ago

Abhishek, if two different users have a file at the same path, you can tell the difference between these files by looking at the user who owns the file (typically via the "member ID" in the Dropbox for Business API).

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