API V2 Modified date for specific revision of a file in Python

[dega]

Hi,

I am trying to get the metadata for a specific revision of a file, 

with V1 I used to do:

metadata = client.metadata(FileName, list=False, file_limit=1, hash=None, rev=revN, include_deleted=False)
 

 then I had it in "metadata['modified']".

Now I can only see how to download a particular revision or get the metadata for the last N (up to 100) revisions of a file. What if I have more than 100 versions?

P.S.

How I can specify the revision in the path, as the SDK states for "file_download"?

files_download(path, rev=None)

Download a file from a user’s Dropbox.

Parameters    • path (str) – The path of the file to download.

                        • rev (Nullable) – Deprecated. Please specify revision in path instead. 

[Greg-DB]

API v2 only supports listing up to 100 revisions, but I'll pass this along as a feature request for more.

To specify a particular revision in the `path` parameter, you should use a string like "rev:abc123" where abc123 is the rev string for the revision you want.

[dega]

Hi Greg, yes being able to go back more than 100 revision I believe will be something very nice to have.

Regarding the files_download, passing the revision inside the path, I tried this (and lots of different combinations):

dbx.files_download(FileName + "?rev:u'2bc3d561afc23'")

but it gives me an error, however 

dbx.files_download(FileName)

retrieves the latest file (as expected).

Moreover

 dbx.files_download(FileName,u'2bc3d561afc23')

retrieves the version I was looking for, so the revision string is correct.

Am I missing something?

I am tring to follow the guide not to implement something that will soon be deprecated.

Thanks,
Marco

[Greg-DB · Accepted solution]

In this example, you would call like this:

dbx.files_download('rev:2bc3d561afc23')

You don't need to specify the file path itself. You just need the "rev:abc123" format. The rev string actually identifies the file without the use of the path.

[dega]

aaaah! this was not so easy to understand from the guide (at least for me).
Thanks!!!