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Explorer | Level 4

7 years ago

Check sync status of dropbox app, programmatically via c++ or api

I wonder if it is possible to tell when dropbox is syncing programmatically,

ideally indirectly via c++

for example let's assume that when dropbox is syncing it writes a tinly .txt or .xml etc file somewhere in its programFiles directory

a developer can check that file (read only) and get dropbox status?

or via the dropbox api??

kind regards..

Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
7 years ago
No, unfortunately Dropbox doesn't offer a way to check the client status programmatically, but I'll pass this along as a feature request.
- Здравко
  Legendary | Level 20
  6 years ago
  Hi Greg-DB,
  Actually it's possible, but is platform dependent and available only for Dropbox on Linux. :wink: Take a look in the socket "~/.dropbox/command_socket".
  Kyri, If your platform is Linux, you are happy, otherwise - have to hope something will change.
  - Kyri
    Explorer | Level 4
    6 years ago
    I am currently using Windows SRV for this project unfortunately

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