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Client modified/Server modified when editing the file
Hello folks,
I am using Dropbox with your API.
When I change an already existing file (for example I have a document which I update to new version), the fields "client_modified" and "server_modif...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThose descriptions aren't quite right. You can find the official descriptions in the documentation for the FileMetadata object, e.g., as returned by /2/files/upload.
In short, they're both the modified time of the file. The 'client_modified' time is the time as supplied by the client that uploaded the file, if any, and the 'server_modified' time is the time on the Dropbox servers when the file was uploaded. The Dropbox API does not return file creation time.
You can get a history of file changes from the /2/files/list_revisions endpoint.
By the way, those are links to the documentation for the HTTPS endpoints themselves, but we recommend using one of the official SDKs if possible. Those have corresponding native methods for the HTTPS endpoints.
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