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Akshata G.'s avatar
Akshata G.
Helpful | Level 5
8 years ago

How to differentiate between file and folder delete in list_folder_continue call

Hi, I am working on webhooks for dropbox and struggling to find a way to differentiate between file and folder deletion for https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder/continue API call.   Cu...
  • Greg-DB's avatar
    8 years ago

    The API doesn't distinguish between files and folders in DeletedMetadata, but I'll be sure to pass this along as a feature request.

     

    For reference though, a deleted entry just indicates that whatever was at that path was deleted, and at different points in time, a single path could have been either a file and folder. You may want to refer to whatever previous metadata you received for that path to see what was there.