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Kyri
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago

Check sync status of dropbox app, programmatically via c++ or api

I wonder if it is possible to tell when dropbox is syncing programmatically, ideally indirectly via c++ for example let's assume that when dropbox is syncing it writes a tinly .txt or .xml etc file...
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Kyri
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago

I am currently using Windows SRV for this project unfortunately

 

 

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Greg-DB
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7 years ago

Thanks for sharing that additional information Здравко . Please note though that that socket itself is not officially documented and is not considered an officially supported API for third parties to use to interact with the Dropbox desktop client, so I can't recommend using it. (It's meant for the dropbox.py script we offer for managing the client on Linux via the CLI. One could technically program against the commands offered by that script, but it's not meant as a programmatic interface like the API is.)

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    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    7 years ago

    :grinning::grin: May be that's a serious Dropbox drawback and have to be considered seriously. :wink:

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      Greg-DB
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      7 years ago

      Здравко Thanks for the feedback! Yes, I've filed this as a feature request for an official API for checking the client programmatically.

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        Здравко
        Legendary | Level 20
        7 years ago

        Hi Greg-DB,

        I hope you can add to the feature request, "~/.dropbox/command_socket" related, also support for "~/.dropbox/iface_socket" socket. The second one isn't only available on Linux, but also on Mac. Documentation for, already available, interfaces would be helpful and could meet many applications in practice. :wink: These interfaces wasn't changed for least 4-5 years (might be more), so it's finally time to be documented (and got supported officially).

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