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GevorgMel
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6 years ago

TeamEvent Sorting Order (GetEventsAsync)

Hello,   Can you please help me understand the Team Events sorting order returned by Dropbox API? I found only this info:                                     I developed a...
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Greg-DB
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6 years ago

There isn't any other guidance or guarantee on the sort order that I can offer beyond what's in the documentation. Rather than relying on timestamps though, we recommend using the latest returned 'cursor' value for a successfully processed batch of events when calling back to /2/team_log/get_events/continue as shown in the /2/team_log/get_events[/continue] GetTeamEventsResult documentation.

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GevorgMel
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6 years ago

Thank you Greg for your quick reply,

One more question please, can you confirm that the events sorting is not changed regardless of Dropbox API calls and time range paramter? In which order the events were created in Dropbox data storage, they remained as it is.

 

Thanks,

Gevorg

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    Greg-DB
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    6 years ago

    Since there isn't documentation on that behavior of the events list specifically, I can't offer a guarantee. (I wouldn't want to make a promise and lead you astray if it might change in the future!) I recommend using the cursor as documented to make sure you don't miss events.

    • GevorgMel's avatar
      GevorgMel
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      6 years ago

      Hi Greg,

       

      Not always a cursor could be used for the app second run, we have configurable time range parameter. So the time range can be changed before the next run, which means we need to call GetEventsAsync first with new paramters then continue GetEventsContinueAsync with cursor.

       

      That is why I'm trying to get more details and know how for this task.

       

      Thanks,

      Gevorg

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