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    <title>topic Why file Ids are prefixed with &amp;quot;id:&amp;quot; string? in Dropbox API Support &amp; Feedback</title>
    <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Why-file-Ids-are-prefixed-with-quot-id-quot-string/m-p/324534#M19073</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;I have seen that file ids in Dropbox is prefixed with some strings like "id:" or "ns:" or "dbid:". I am new to DB and just want to know the purpose of this? And best practices to handle these ids.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2019 09:08:19 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>DiwakarK</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2019-05-29T09:08:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Why file Ids are prefixed with "id:" string?</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Why-file-Ids-are-prefixed-with-quot-id-quot-string/m-p/324534#M19073</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I have seen that file ids in Dropbox is prefixed with some strings like "id:" or "ns:" or "dbid:". I am new to DB and just want to know the purpose of this? And best practices to handle these ids.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2019 09:08:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>DiwakarK</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-05-29T09:08:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Why file Ids are prefixed with "id:" string?</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Why-file-Ids-are-prefixed-with-quot-id-quot-string/m-p/324620#M19080</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;These prefixes are used to identify and validate these strings across&amp;nbsp;the API. E.g., the "id:" prefix is always used for a file ID, a "ns:" prefix is always used for a namespace ID, etc.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;You app can store and re-use these values, but shouldn't attempt to modify them. You can see what kinds of values different parameters accept in&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation" target="_self"&gt;the API documentation&lt;/A&gt;. E.g., you can see that the "path" parameter for&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-download" target="_self"&gt;the&amp;nbsp;/2/files/download endpoint&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;accepts relative paths that match '/(.|[\r\n])*', file IDs that match 'id:.*', revision values that match 'rev:[0-9a-f]{9,}', or namespace-relative paths&amp;nbsp;that match 'ns:[0-9]+(/.*)?)'.&lt;BR /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:19:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/Why-file-Ids-are-prefixed-with-quot-id-quot-string/m-p/324620#M19080</guid>
      <dc:creator>Greg-DB</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-01-22T17:19:10Z</dc:date>
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