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AB32w2e332e
9 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Folder modification timestamp v2
Any update on returning the last modified timestamp for a folder when calling /get_metadata? In v1 I use the folder hash/modification time for monitoring when a folder content has changed, this way I...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
9 years agoNo update on this. I've added your vote to the feature request.
We recommend using /files/list_folder[/continue] for getting changes to folders. You can use /files/list_folder/longpoll for low-latency notification of changes in client-side apps, and webhooks for server-side apps.
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