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Robert B.58
11 years agoNew member | Level 1
Frequency of allowed /delta calls to detect changes
I'm using the /delta endpoint (via the PHP SDK's getDelta method) to detect when any changes have been made in a folder or any of its children, grandchildren, etc. It seems to work well. However, i...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
11 years agoYes, for server-side apps, we recommend using webhooks:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/webhooks/docs
For client-side apps, or if webhooks won't suit your use case for whatever reason, you can use /longpoll_delta:
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