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Detect if a file is an image
I am integrating the dropbox API in my application extension which is a filemanager. I need to check if the file saved on the dropbox server is an image or not. Reason why i need is that i cache the...
Right, to be clear, the include_media_info parameter is only deprecated on /2/files/list_folder, not /2/files/get_metadata. And yes, for a substantial number of files, calling /2/files/get_metadata for each one would not be very efficient.
And that's correct, for the second option I am referring to parsing the file extension from the `name`. And yes, the issue you refer to are the false positives I mentioned.
No, Dropbox does not validate that a file's extension and content match. The client sets the filename and extension when sending the data, and Dropbox will not reject it if it looks it doesn't match.
Greg-DB
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Dropbox Community ModeratorRight, to be clear, the include_media_info parameter is only deprecated on /2/files/list_folder, not /2/files/get_metadata. And yes, for a substantial number of files, calling /2/files/get_metadata for each one would not be very efficient.
And that's correct, for the second option I am referring to parsing the file extension from the `name`. And yes, the issue you refer to are the false positives I mentioned.
No, Dropbox does not validate that a file's extension and content match. The client sets the filename and extension when sending the data, and Dropbox will not reject it if it looks it doesn't match.
Although it is not a solution but a limitation i must say on dropbox end and this is not an optimal approach but anyhow there isnt any other thing i can do. so marking it as an answer.
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