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josuegomes
4 years agoHelpful | Level 6
File revisions are not moved
File has several revisions: $ curl "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_revisions" --header "Authorization: Bearer <>" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"limit":10,"mode":"pat...
- 4 years ago
Yes, that's expected. You're using the "id" mode, so it shows the history of the file with the supplied ID across moves, including the revision of the file at each location where it is/was.
josuegomes
4 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Using the file id the behavior is even more bizarre. A revision is added after each move. Is this expected?
$ curl "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_revisions" --header "Authorization: Bearer " --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"limit":10,"mode":"id","path":"id:teAlu1WEq40AAAAAAAKg9Q"}'
{"is_deleted": false, "entries": [{"name": "ada.jpg", "path_lower": "/work/ver/ada.jpg", "path_display": "/Work/ver/ada.jpg", "id": "id:teAlu1WEq40AAAAAAAKg9Q", "client_modified": "2019-07-30T21:11:19Z", "server_modified": "2022-08-29T20:40:07Z", "rev": "5e76744f356ba003edfac", "size": 99003, "is_downloadable": true, "content_hash": "a1feb184b8b5723de4f3d16e8530c71759c4a569bc368b0ee88a3acdde9310df"}]}
$ curl "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/move_v2" --header "Authorization: Bearer " --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"allow_ownership_transfer":false,"allow_shared_folder":false,"autorename":false,"from_path":"id:teAlu1WEq40AAAAAAAKg9Q","to_path":"/Work/ver/copy/ada.jpg"}'
{"metadata": {".tag": "file", "name": "ada.jpg", "path_lower": "/work/ver/copy/ada.jpg", "path_display": "/Work/ver/copy/ada.jpg", "id": "id:teAlu1WEq40AAAAAAAKg9Q", "client_modified": "2019-07-30T21:11:19Z", "server_modified": "2022-08-29T20:41:50Z", "rev": "5e7674b15c34c003edfac", "size": 99003, "is_downloadable": true, "content_hash": "a1feb184b8b5723de4f3d16e8530c71759c4a569bc368b0ee88a3acdde9310df"}}
$ curl "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_revisions" --header "Authorization: Bearer " --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"limit":10,"mode":"id","path":"id:teAlu1WEq40AAAAAAAKg9Q"}'
{"is_deleted": false, "entries": [{"name": "ada.jpg", "path_lower": "/work/ver/copy/ada.jpg", "path_display": "/Work/ver/copy/ada.jpg", "id": "id:teAlu1WEq40AAAAAAAKg9Q", "client_modified": "2019-07-30T21:11:19Z", "server_modified": "2022-08-29T20:41:50Z", "rev": "5e7674b15c34c003edfac", "size": 99003, "is_downloadable": true, "content_hash": "a1feb184b8b5723de4f3d16e8530c71759c4a569bc368b0ee88a3acdde9310df"}, {"name": "ada.jpg", "path_lower": "/work/ver/ada.jpg", "path_display": "/Work/ver/ada.jpg", "id": "id:teAlu1WEq40AAAAAAAKg9Q", "client_modified": "2019-07-30T21:11:19Z", "server_modified": "2022-08-29T20:40:07Z", "rev": "5e76744f356ba003edfac", "size": 99003, "is_downloadable": true, "content_hash": "a1feb184b8b5723de4f3d16e8530c71759c4a569bc368b0ee88a3acdde9310df"}]}
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
4 years agoYes, that's expected. You're using the "id" mode, so it shows the history of the file with the supplied ID across moves, including the revision of the file at each location where it is/was.
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