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What is a folder_id andshared_folder_id and parent_shared_folder_id ?
What is a folder_id andshared_folder_id and parent_shared_folder_id ? If I move a file from my account to another users account will the folder_id get changed ?
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- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
There isn't a property named just "folder_id" for Dropbox files or folders. Perhaps you meant just "id"?
In any case, you can find documentation for all of the Metadata properties in the documentation, e.g., under the Metadata types documented as the return type of /2/files/get_metadata:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-get_metadata
Shared folder IDs are consistent across different accounts. Likewise, users will see the same file IDs for files inside the shared folders.
OK. Also if i upload a file in a shared folder, who owns the file. Me or the owner of the folder ?
- Greg-DBOnly specifically shared items have "owners". I.e., shared folders and individually shared files have owners, but files in shared folders don't. Anyone with edit access to the shared folder can edit/move/delete a file in the shared folder.
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