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vinitswar
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4 years ago

the account id sent by the webhook is the same even when 2 users are making changes to the files

I am currently testing the dropbox api's .   As a test I have logged into dropbox with two user accounts, (admin user  and a regular operator) . When uploading or deleting a file , from both user...
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Greg-DB
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4 years ago

vinitswar As Здравко asked, it sounds like you have your application linked to just the one account of the two. Your app will only receive notifications for accounts linked to your app, but it will receive notifications for any changes in the linked account(s), including those in shared folders. So, even if different accounts are making changes in a shared folder, you'll only be notified with account IDs that have connected your app to their accounts, since all of those changes are occurring in the shared folder mounted in their account.

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    vinitswar
    Explorer | Level 3
    4 years ago

    account id's are unique and are connected to the app. 

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      Greg-DB
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      4 years ago

      vinitswar I see you wrote in to support about this, so we'll follow up with you there.

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