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michael34254
5 years agoExplorer | Level 4
How do i differentiating between deleted files and updated files.
When I rename a file or make any other changes to the file such as changing directory, etc, I am getting back two entries when I call list_folder/continue with the cursor. It is becoming difficult fo...
- 5 years ago
That's correct, when you move or rename a file, it gets reported as a deletion and addition. Unfortunately DeletedMetadata doesn't include the file ID, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
For files, you can call /2/files/list_revisions with the path from the DeletedMetadata to get the history of the file at that path though, including the file ID(s).
Alternatively, you can store the path and id for the each last (File|Folder)Metadata you saw, so that when you get a DeletedMetadata, you can check what the last known file ID was for that path.
Greg-DB
5 years agoDropbox Staff
That's correct, when you move or rename a file, it gets reported as a deletion and addition. Unfortunately DeletedMetadata doesn't include the file ID, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
For files, you can call /2/files/list_revisions with the path from the DeletedMetadata to get the history of the file at that path though, including the file ID(s).
Alternatively, you can store the path and id for the each last (File|Folder)Metadata you saw, so that when you get a DeletedMetadata, you can check what the last known file ID was for that path.
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