/delta from iOS API

[Lars P.5]

There does not seem to be a way to restrict /delta API calls from the iOS SDK in the way that is possible from the REST API, i.e. I want deltas starting at such-and-such a path and below. I run across something saying it would be "added soon", but that was well over a year ago. Is it coming?

[Steve M.]

Which SDK are you using?

If it's the Core SDK, you might be able to add the path_prefix parameter pretty easily yourself. For the Sync API, you can register a path observer on whatever path you want. (Underneath, the Sync API still retrieves the full set of changes via /delta, but it will only fire your observer for changes under the path you specify.)

[Lars P.5]

It's the iOS Core SDK. By "adding it pretty easily myself", you mean not using the methods exposed in the iOS SDK, but instead writing a wrapper and calling the REST API directly?

[Steve M.]

I just mean editing the code for the iOS Core SDK.

[Lars P.5]

Is the source code available for the iOS SDK for editing?

[Steve M.]

For the Core SDK, yes.

The download is here: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/sdks/ios

(Ninja edit: Sorry, you did already mention that you're using the Core SDK, so you're good.)

[Lars P.5]

Thanks. So that link brings me to the iOS SDK download, which of course I have downloaded and using in my project, hence the questions. But the SDK is just header files and a framework - no source where I can tweak the parameters passed and returned via the API. I apologize if I'm being dense.

[Steve M.]

There should be a folder in the zip file called DropboxSDK. Within that folder, there's a folder called Classes. The code lives in there.

Specifically, loadDelta is in the file DBRestClient.m, and you should be able to add a new parameter there.

[Lars P.5]

I was being dense, thanks for your help.

[Manikandan M.1]

Hi Steve, There's no DBRestClient.m file and DropboxSdk only contains Header file(.h files alone). I'm also looking for above case. But I couldn't. Is there any way with Dropbox Core sdk?