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Gregg W.1's avatar
Gregg W.1
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago

How to programmatically make files available offline.

I have a Macintosh app that does not use the Dropbox api - however, my users do save the app’s data files & packages in a Dropbox folder.   The problem is that recently users have been having file ...
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Gregg W.1's avatar
Gregg W.1
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago

Thanks for the reply Rich.

 

That sounds like what my users are seeing - seemingly random files switching to online-only and dropping in size to zero bytes.

 

It does seem that the last modified date is being considered when deciding what files are getting moved to the cloud. That is, older files are being moved to the cloud and set to zero bytes. The trouble is that these older files are actually cache files that are being used on a daily basis.

 

I will search for other threads as you suggested.

 

Thanks.

 

Gregg

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boeboe
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Some problem here. 
I would also appreciate a programmatic solution. Why is the API not given equal importance?
Both agents (API + desktop synchronization) should be able to override each others settings, the latest setting should win.

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    3 years ago

    boeboe I don't have an update on this feature request, but thanks for the feedback!

    • bob-is-not-my-uncle's avatar
      bob-is-not-my-uncle
      New member | Level 1
      12 months ago

      It's been three years since the original request and two years since the last update. I know Dropbox has been working on a lot of workflowy things since. Any update on how to do this? It seems like I should be able to make a service call to a local app API using a RESTful call that passes the filename and location relative to the Dropbox root folder and set the desired state of the file as either 0 = Online-only, 1 = Available Offline. Additionally if I pass the filename and path, but no state it stands to reason I should be able to check the state to see if a file is in state 2 = Available.

      We should also be required to pass a token as part of the request for authentication to prevent rouge requests, floods, DDoS, etc.

      Any updates?

      • Greg-DB's avatar
        Greg-DB
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        12 months ago

        bob-is-not-my-uncle No, unfortunately I don't have an update on this.

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