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Kyri
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago

Check sync status of dropbox app, programmatically via c++ or api

I wonder if it is possible to tell when dropbox is syncing programmatically, ideally indirectly via c++ for example let's assume that when dropbox is syncing it writes a tinly .txt or .xml etc file...
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Moesslacher
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Please count me also in as someone who would love to see an API to check the sync status of DropBox. I am surprised that such a general requirement was not implemented yet...

Kind regards,
Friedrich

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Greg-DB
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3 years ago

Moesslacher Thanks for the feedback! I don't have an update on this. Please note the functionality Здравко is referring to is not publicly documented and not meant for third party use.

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