Re: webhooks

ch26 · ‎12-20-2019

Hi Team

Is there possibility to listen for changes in only specific paths in dropbox through webhooks?

Thanks in Advance.

Здравко · ‎12-26-2019

The result from "list_folder/continue" on call in webhook is same like in any other call in any other condition. There is JSON result example, also. In a real situation result will be changed entries - all files and/or folders. As a example - you can find can find current last cursor/iterator for you account using:

curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder/get_latest_cursor --header "Authorization: Bearer <your token>" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{\"path\": \"\",\"recursive\": true}"

Change something inside your account content and call following:

curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder/continue --header "Authorization: Bearer <your token>" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "{\"cursor\": \"<the cursor from previous call>\"}" | jq '.entries[] | {name, id, path_display}'

Result will point just made changes, if any (little bit filtered for improved readability). Without the filter, "cursor" could be used next time. This same result is the delta!

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Fiona · ‎12-20-2019

Hello @ch26

Thank you for posting about webhooks and Dropbox.

For other users visiting this discussion, you can check out the tutorial info about webhooks and Dropbox, clicking below:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/webhooks

Unfortunately, it's not possible to configure webhooks for specific actions or paths in particular.

If there is anything else I can help with, please let me know.

Thank you!

Fiona
Community Moderator @ Dropbox
dropbox.com/support

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ch26 · ‎12-22-2019

Hi @Fiona

Thanks for the reply and info!!.

ch26 · ‎12-22-2019

Hi Team

As I read from the documentation is that we cannot get what file actually changed in dropbox through webhooks instead we only get account details of that user.

Is there any way to get what path has specifically changed?

Здравко · ‎12-22-2019

Hi @ch26,

If you keep last "list" iterator, in Web hook handler call to "list/continue" will shows only "deltas" 😉. Here you can save the new last iterator for use on next hook handling and so on.
Hope this helps.

ch26 · ‎12-22-2019

Hi @Здравко

Thanks for the reply, but can you provide any sample code or any reference for that so, I can have better view on that.

Здравко · ‎12-23-2019

Hi @ch26,

The tutorial in webhook reference is a good example, I think. Examples are in Python, but the idea is clear enough. You can "translate" to whatever programing language in use.

Good luck!

ch26 · ‎12-24-2019

Thank you @Здравко

ch26 · ‎12-26-2019

Here , save the new last iterator on next hook handling means using cursor on calling list_folder/continue delta???

Здравко · ‎12-26-2019

Different terms, same meaning - iterator or cursor - synonymous in particular. 😉

Re: webhooks

webhooks to listen for changes in specific path rather than whole dropbox of user account