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How to get id of a deleted folder?
While building an integration with Dropbox I am running into typical situation of deleting folders at my app's end when a subject folder is deleted by the user on Dropbox. Via webhooks I am getting M...
Hello user44,
You are correct that the /2/files/list_revisions endpoint will only work for files.There isn’t a way to retrieve the deleted folder's id with the Dropbox API. If you have the previous FolderMetadata, you can align it based on the path from the DeletedMetadata.
Thanks for replying, the call /2/files/list_revisions is only for files I guess, and not for the folders.
I am using Dropbox's Java SDK and I am getting this erxception thrown while reaching it with a path to a folder instead of file : com.dropbox.core.v2.files.ListRevisionsErrorException: Exception in 2/files/list_revisions: {".tag":"path","path":"not_file"}
So, looks like the bottom line is, there is no way to get deleted folder's id, and we have to align the webhook notification with our system with path only.
iNeil
Dropbox Engineer
Dropbox EngineerHello user44,
You are correct that the /2/files/list_revisions endpoint will only work for files.
There isn’t a way to retrieve the deleted folder's id with the Dropbox API. If you have the previous FolderMetadata, you can align it based on the path from the DeletedMetadata.
Thanks!
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