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    <title>topic Re: API Copy/Sync two folders in dropbox account in Dropbox API Support &amp; Feedback</title>
    <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/API-Copy-Sync-two-folders-in-dropbox-account/m-p/463445#M23725</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;I&amp;nbsp;recommend reading the "Detecting Changes Guide" here:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/lp/developers/reference/detecting-changes-guide" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.dropbox.com/lp/developers/reference/detecting-changes-guide&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;That covers the options for efficiently detecting and listing just the changes that have&amp;nbsp;occurred since you last checked, e.g., using the "cursor" functionality on /2/files/list_folder[/continue]. For cases where you can't just copy the folder in its entirety, you could use that to determine what specific items need to be copied.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Also, for the actual copying, when you have multiple items to copy, you can use the&amp;nbsp;/2/files/copy_batch_v2 endpoint to do so in bulk:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-copy_batch" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-copy_batch&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 16:56:58 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Greg-DB</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2020-10-21T16:56:58Z</dc:date>
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      <title>API Copy/Sync two folders in dropbox account</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/API-Copy-Sync-two-folders-in-dropbox-account/m-p/463383#M23721</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I have a simple requirement that I'm really struggling to get working.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;We need to sync up several (100+) directories with their subdirectories (all under the same account). For eg:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Source\Dir1\A1\file1.pdf&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Source\Dir1\A2\file2.pdf&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;And copy to Dest\Dir1\A1\file1.pdf etc...&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;This works easily via the API if the dest directory doesn't exist:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$dropbox&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;-&amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;copy&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$dropboxFolder&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$destPath&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;);&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$this&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;-&amp;gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;copyFolderOnDropboxByFile&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;(&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$dropboxFolder&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;$destPath&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;);&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;However, if it does, it seems I have to go any copy file by file, and then the process becomes EXTREMELY slow and often times out (perhaps running afoul of the API performance limits)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;We run this process every 5 mins to make sure we are snycing up any straggling files. How can I efficiently run this ONLY when we are sure there are files that have changed/need to be synced?&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Note: I can't simply delete the dest dir and recopy because there are people who are syncing these dirs to their local Dropbox account and that causes a massive amount of churning. (There could be 100dirs and 5000 files in the extreme case).&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;I'm using the PHP API in Laravel but what I'm after is the *correct* way of doing this. If I coudl simply compare last folder modified date or something simple, I could then only recopy folders that have changed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;What can you suggest?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 17:21:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/API-Copy-Sync-two-folders-in-dropbox-account/m-p/463383#M23721</guid>
      <dc:creator>GFunk</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-21T17:21:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: API Copy/Sync two folders in dropbox account</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/API-Copy-Sync-two-folders-in-dropbox-account/m-p/463445#M23725</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I&amp;nbsp;recommend reading the "Detecting Changes Guide" here:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/lp/developers/reference/detecting-changes-guide" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.dropbox.com/lp/developers/reference/detecting-changes-guide&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;That covers the options for efficiently detecting and listing just the changes that have&amp;nbsp;occurred since you last checked, e.g., using the "cursor" functionality on /2/files/list_folder[/continue]. For cases where you can't just copy the folder in its entirety, you could use that to determine what specific items need to be copied.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Also, for the actual copying, when you have multiple items to copy, you can use the&amp;nbsp;/2/files/copy_batch_v2 endpoint to do so in bulk:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-copy_batch" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-copy_batch&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 16:56:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-API-Support-Feedback/API-Copy-Sync-two-folders-in-dropbox-account/m-p/463445#M23725</guid>
      <dc:creator>Greg-DB</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-10-21T16:56:58Z</dc:date>
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