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yatch999
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago
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files Search V2 Options Path does not work?

Hi, I'm using JavaScript API on Node.js, it works almost good and smooth. But I see a strange result on filesSearchV2.   My code is like...   const files = await dropbox.filesSearchV2({quer...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    5 years ago

    This can happen in some cases, as a result of the caching/indexing delay from the Dropbox search backend. That is, if you edit or move a file, you may still see search results for old versions of the file (e.g., at the original path) for some time after the change.

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myfutcard
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

But for how long? Multiple hours? I am experiencing this for a LOOOOOONG time now....

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Greg-DB
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4 years ago

myfutcard The length of the delay depends on a number of different factors, and so can vary over time, as well as across accounts, folders, etc. While in many cases it will not take hours, in some cases it may.

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