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NeethuMichael
9 years agoNew member | Level 2
Case sensitivity of path_display while creating folders using Dropbox client
If I create nested folders using dropbox client (mixed case) and call list_folder end point (https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder) with recursive=true, path_display case is only preserve...
- 9 years ago
Yes, unfortunately due to some specifics of how Dropbox is implemented, not all of the path components can be guaranteed to have the expected casing.
You can find more information on this in the "Path formats" section under:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#formats
There's also some information in the documentation for "path_display" if you expand "FileMetadata, e.g., under:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-get_metadata
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Yes, unfortunately due to some specifics of how Dropbox is implemented, not all of the path components can be guaranteed to have the expected casing.
You can find more information on this in the "Path formats" section under:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#formats
There's also some information in the documentation for "path_display" if you expand "FileMetadata, e.g., under:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-get_metadata
NeethuMichael
9 years agoNew member | Level 2
Thanks for the response
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