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How to Implement an exhaustive notification system with API V2
I am tasked with building an email notification system for my company which will alert our employees whenever a file is changed, moved, deleted, created, etc. I have properly set up webhooks with...
The Dropbox API doesn't directly return a few of these pieces of information unfortunately, such as file ID in DeleteMetadata, modified/deleted time in FolderMetadata/DeletedMetadata, or modified_by for FolderMetadata, but I'll pass these along as feature requests.
There are some other things you can do though. You can store the last known (File|Folder)Metadata object for a particular path and id, so that when you get a DeletedMetadata, you can check what the last known file ID was for that path.
You can check who is the owner, and that access level other members have, for any particular folder using /2/sharing/list_folder_members[/continue].
Additionally, for Business apps, you can use /2/team_log/get_events to get a log of events for all members.
Also, when members are invited to a shared folder, that doesn't automatically add the folder to their accounts, so it won't trigger a webhook. They will receive notifications of the invite directly from Dropbox itself anyway though. (You will then receive webhooks when they do accept the invite and add the folder to their accounts.)
Greg-DB
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Dropbox Community ModeratorThe Dropbox API doesn't directly return a few of these pieces of information unfortunately, such as file ID in DeleteMetadata, modified/deleted time in FolderMetadata/DeletedMetadata, or modified_by for FolderMetadata, but I'll pass these along as feature requests.
There are some other things you can do though. You can store the last known (File|Folder)Metadata object for a particular path and id, so that when you get a DeletedMetadata, you can check what the last known file ID was for that path.
You can check who is the owner, and that access level other members have, for any particular folder using /2/sharing/list_folder_members[/continue].
Additionally, for Business apps, you can use /2/team_log/get_events to get a log of events for all members.
Also, when members are invited to a shared folder, that doesn't automatically add the folder to their accounts, so it won't trigger a webhook. They will receive notifications of the invite directly from Dropbox itself anyway though. (You will then receive webhooks when they do accept the invite and add the folder to their accounts.)
Thanks Greg, I really appreciate it.
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