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anges244
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

Way to programmatically detect if password protected file has been accessed

Is there a way to detect if a password protected file has been accessed or how many times? I mean, is there any way to get proof of access after the password input directly?

  • No, the Dropbox API doesn't offer anything like that, but I'll be sure to pass this along as a feature request.
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    Greg-DB
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    No, the Dropbox API doesn't offer anything like that, but I'll be sure to pass this along as a feature request.
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      anges244
      New member | Level 2

      Thanks! It would be great even as a boolean that it has been succesfully accessed. I am not talking about statistics or anything like that but a confirmation that it has been read, much like messaging systems provide!

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