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julio_diniz_perdigao
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10 months ago

Upload to a specific file id

Hi! Google Drive has an method that we can create the file ID first, before start upload.   Does Dropbox has somenthing similar?   My point is, to get file metadata, specially file size, af...
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julio_diniz_perdigao
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Hi Greg-DB !

Good tip! Do you know which process is more faster? I mean, get file metada from a file ID or file path? My guess is the file ID, when have a lot of files.

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Greg-DB
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10 months ago

julio_diniz_perdigao There's no particular guarantee on whether using a file ID or a file path to retrieve a file's metadata would be faster. (There may also be other variables that would affect that anyway.)

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