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Kyri's avatar
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 somewhere in its programFiles directory

a developer can check that file (read only) and get dropbox status?

or via the dropbox api??

 

kind regards..

15 Replies

  • Moesslacher's avatar
    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

  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    3 years ago

    Moesslacher, This "new" feature is implemented long time ago actually. It's just not document properly and not officially supported. 🤷 That's it.

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    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.

  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    3 years ago

    Moesslacher wrote:

    ... where can I find out about how to use this API if it is not documented?


    😁 As in all cases when something is not documented, you can always trace what's going on when your file browser tries to determine your sync status (or other things) and re-implement it in your code (if you're patient enough). 😉 See what ports Dropbox application on your system is listening on and trace there. It's easy on Linux because of sources availability, but I believe it's similar on other systems (just a bit different in ports engagement).

    Good luck.

     

    Greg-DB, It's time this be documented finally! Even on Linux, despite of public sources availability, no any documentation about communication details. There is nothing new to be done actually (everything exists already), just Dropbox staff responsible for documentation to be less lazy. 🤦

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