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Know uploaded by user of a file and folder
Hi, I am developing an application where I need to know the user who uploaded particular file. I checked that dropbox UI has that information available and it fetches it from
https://www.dropb...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThat endpoint is not part of the public API, so third party apps will not be able to use it. Instead, you can check the sharing_info.modified_by field for a FileMetadata, e.g., as returned by /2/files/get_metadata or /2/files/list_folder[/continue]. You can get the account information for that account using the account ID from that field by calling /2/users/get_account (or /2/users/get_account_batch).
Thanks for replying.
We definitely explored sharing_info.modified_by field but it points to the user who last modified the file/folder. But we are looking for the user who first created/uploaded the file. For the files where collaboration is happening, sharing_info.modified_by and the user who created/uploaded the file can easily differ.
Is there any public API which provides us information to know which user has first created/uploaded the file/folder?
- Greg-DB
The public Dropbox API doesn't return information about which user originally created a particular file, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
Thanks for the information. Is there any forum where we can also file feature request?
It would be useful to know the user who originally created file with public API as well. This information is available in dropbox UI.- Greg-DB
This forum thread serves as your feature request. I'll follow up here with any news on this.
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