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ch26
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6 years ago
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webhooks to listen for changes in specific path rather than whole dropbox of user account

Hi Team

Is there possibility to listen for changes in only specific paths in dropbox through webhooks?

 

Thanks in Advance.

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  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    6 years ago

    The result from "list_folder/continue" on call in webhook is same like in any other call in any other condition. There is JSON result example, also. In a real situation result will be changed entries - all files and/or folders. As a example - you can find can find current last cursor/iterator for you account using:

    curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder/get_latest_cursor --header "Authorization: Bearer <your token>" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{\"path\": \"\",\"recursive\": true}"

    Change something inside your account content and call following:

    curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder/continue --header "Authorization: Bearer <your token>" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{\"cursor\": \"<the cursor from previous call>\"}" | jq '.entries[] | {name, id, path_display}'

    Result will point just made changes, if any (little bit filtered for improved readability). Without the filter, "cursor" could be used next time. This same result is the delta!

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  • Fiona's avatar
    Fiona
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    6 years ago

    Hello ch26 

    Thank you for posting about webhooks and Dropbox. 

    For other users visiting this discussion, you can check out the tutorial info about webhooks and Dropbox, clicking below: 

    https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/webhooks

    Unfortunately, it's not possible to configure webhooks for specific actions or paths in particular. 

    If there is anything else I can help with, please let me know. 

    Thank you! 

  • ch26's avatar
    ch26
    Helpful | Level 7
    6 years ago

    Hi @Fiona

    Thanks for the reply and info!!.

     

  • ch26's avatar
    ch26
    Helpful | Level 7
    6 years ago

    Hi Team

    As I read from the documentation is that we cannot get what file actually changed in dropbox through webhooks instead we only get account details of that user.

    Is there any way to get what path has specifically changed?

  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    6 years ago

    Hi ch26,

    If you keep last "list" iterator, in Web hook handler call to "list/continue" will shows only "deltas" 😉. Here you can save the new last iterator for use on next hook handling and so on.
    Hope this helps.

  • ch26's avatar
    ch26
    Helpful | Level 7
    6 years ago

    Hi Здравко

    Thanks for the reply, but can you provide any sample code or any reference for that so, I can have better view on that.

  • ch26's avatar
    ch26
    Helpful | Level 7
    6 years ago

    Thank you @Здравко

  • ch26's avatar
    ch26
    Helpful | Level 7
    6 years ago

    Here , save the new last iterator on next hook handling means using cursor on calling list_folder/continue delta???

  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    6 years ago
    Different terms, same meaning - iterator or cursor - synonymous in particular. 😉
  • ch26's avatar
    ch26
    Helpful | Level 7
    6 years ago

    Hi

    If iam not wrong the path in delta response entries is the path which has changed??

    It will be very helpful if anyone posts sample json returned value from webhook notification using delta???

    Thanks

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