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오부경
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Is it possible to distinguish whether it is old or new with only the Revision ID?

hello. Is it possible to distinguish whether it is old or new with only the Revision ID? When a very complex task is performed in a short time, a lot of changes information using listfolder comes i...
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    Greg-DB
    3 years ago

    No, the "rev" value, e.g., as returned by /2/files/list_folder[/continue], is an opaque revision identifier. It can be used for a strict equality check with other rev values, but it's not meant to be modified, and shouldn't be used to attempt to determine if a rev is older or newer than another.

     

    For information on how to monitor changes using the Dropbox API, please refer to the Detecting Changes Guide.

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Greg-DB
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3 years ago

No, the "rev" value, e.g., as returned by /2/files/list_folder[/continue], is an opaque revision identifier. It can be used for a strict equality check with other rev values, but it's not meant to be modified, and shouldn't be used to attempt to determine if a rev is older or newer than another.

 

For information on how to monitor changes using the Dropbox API, please refer to the Detecting Changes Guide.

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오부경
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3 years ago

Thank you for your answer.

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