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Richard_D
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7 years ago

Watch received files in a dropbox account

 Hello, I would like to watch for changes to all files in a Dropbox account. I have implemented the following: 1) Call  /list_folder/get_latest_cursor to get a cursor to a users files. I store this...
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Greg-DB
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7 years ago

There isn't a way to get notified of sharing actions like this unfortunately, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. 

As you found, /list_folder/continue is only for actual file/folder changes, which doesn't include sharing activity, and the list_received_files interface doesn't work the same way as list_folder.

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Richard_D
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7 years ago

Thanks for the clarification. Are webhooks any help for this scenerio? Will i get notified via a webhook when a file is shared to a user?

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    Greg-DB
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    7 years ago

    No, webhooks would only notify of filesystem changes, i.e., like /list_folder/continue would report, not sharing changes.

    (There is technically some additional functionality for Business apps/teams, but it sounds like you're not referring to a Business app/team, so that wouldn't apply. Let me know if not though.)

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