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ca-01
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6 days ago

About the default sort order of Dropbox API "/list_folder"

Regarding "/list_folder", as far as I read the API specification (https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder), there are no options for sorting. I would li...
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DB-Des
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6 days ago

Hi ca-01

The /list_folder endpoint response does not have a default sort order. I can pass this along as a feature request though! I can't promise if or when that might be implemented however. 

Any specific sorting logic would need to be handled within your integration to meet your requirements.

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