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Dropbox REST API to update file's metadata
I want to rename a file with dropbox rest api.
Well, it's possible with /move_v2 but we need to provide from_path and to_path values.
In my understanding, renaming a file is just updating its metadata. As dropbox provides an api to get metadata, is there any way to update it. I mean provided the id of file, can I change it's metadata?
I have posted my concern regading this on stackoverflow here.
Can anyone help me resolve this?
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Using /2/files/move_v2 is the correct way to rename a file, even if you don't need to move its folder location.
For example, to rename a file inside a "Documents" folder, you would supply values like:from_path:"/Documents/old_name", to_path:"/Documents/new_name"
Or, using the ID, you would still use move_v2, with values like:from_path:"id:abcfileid", to_path:"/Documents/new_name"
Or, you can even use values relative to the parent folder ID, like:from_path:"id:xyzfolderid/old_name", to_path:"id:xyzfolderid/new_name"
Fab...!
Yes, we can rename a file in multiple ways but we either need to have a complete or relative path to file. What if I want to rename a file provided its id only?
I mean other provders like google drive, one drive, box provide a way to deal with file metadata. Whereas, dropbox is providing only a way to access only file metadata but not to update it.
So I was wondering if there is any way to deal with such operation when I am having only the id of a file.
Thanking you in anticipation
- Greg-DBThanks for following up. The Dropbox API doesn't offer a way to rename the file using just its id and new name without specifying the new path, but I'll pass this along as a feature request.
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