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Tang's avatar
Tang
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago

Unique file id not really unique

Hi I'm facing a problem regarding "unique" file id. I got 2 completely different files that have exactly the same id. What is the purpose of this "unique" id if it is not unique. I have a business ...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    6 years ago

    Dropbox file IDs are case-sensitive, so the samples you shared here are unique:

    id:T6nGbXWJXnAAAAAAAAAATQ
    id:T6nGbXWJXnAAAAAAAAAAtQ

    Note the "t" vs "T" in the second to last character. You can find more information on this in the Path Formats section in the documentation here.

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Greg-DB
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6 years ago

Dropbox file IDs are case-sensitive, so the samples you shared here are unique:

id:T6nGbXWJXnAAAAAAAAAATQ
id:T6nGbXWJXnAAAAAAAAAAtQ

Note the "t" vs "T" in the second to last character. You can find more information on this in the Path Formats section in the documentation here.

  • Tang's avatar
    Tang
    Explorer | Level 4
    6 years ago

    Oh my bad, I checked the value and didn't notice that :-(

    As you said setting case insensitive resolves my problem. Thank you very very much

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