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File revisions are not moved
File has several revisions: $ curl "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_revisions" --header "Authorization: Bearer <>" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"limit":10,"mode":"pat...
Yes, that's expected. You're using the "id" mode, so it shows the history of the file with the supplied ID across moves, including the revision of the file at each location where it is/was.
Using the file id the behavior is even more bizarre. A revision is added after each move. Is this expected?
$ curl "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_revisions" --header "Authorization: Bearer " --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"limit":10,"mode":"id","path":"id:teAlu1WEq40AAAAAAAKg9Q"}'
{"is_deleted": false, "entries": [{"name": "ada.jpg", "path_lower": "/work/ver/ada.jpg", "path_display": "/Work/ver/ada.jpg", "id": "id:teAlu1WEq40AAAAAAAKg9Q", "client_modified": "2019-07-30T21:11:19Z", "server_modified": "2022-08-29T20:40:07Z", "rev": "5e76744f356ba003edfac", "size": 99003, "is_downloadable": true, "content_hash": "a1feb184b8b5723de4f3d16e8530c71759c4a569bc368b0ee88a3acdde9310df"}]}
$ curl "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/move_v2" --header "Authorization: Bearer " --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"allow_ownership_transfer":false,"allow_shared_folder":false,"autorename":false,"from_path":"id:teAlu1WEq40AAAAAAAKg9Q","to_path":"/Work/ver/copy/ada.jpg"}'
{"metadata": {".tag": "file", "name": "ada.jpg", "path_lower": "/work/ver/copy/ada.jpg", "path_display": "/Work/ver/copy/ada.jpg", "id": "id:teAlu1WEq40AAAAAAAKg9Q", "client_modified": "2019-07-30T21:11:19Z", "server_modified": "2022-08-29T20:41:50Z", "rev": "5e7674b15c34c003edfac", "size": 99003, "is_downloadable": true, "content_hash": "a1feb184b8b5723de4f3d16e8530c71759c4a569bc368b0ee88a3acdde9310df"}}
$ curl "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_revisions" --header "Authorization: Bearer " --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"limit":10,"mode":"id","path":"id:teAlu1WEq40AAAAAAAKg9Q"}'
{"is_deleted": false, "entries": [{"name": "ada.jpg", "path_lower": "/work/ver/copy/ada.jpg", "path_display": "/Work/ver/copy/ada.jpg", "id": "id:teAlu1WEq40AAAAAAAKg9Q", "client_modified": "2019-07-30T21:11:19Z", "server_modified": "2022-08-29T20:41:50Z", "rev": "5e7674b15c34c003edfac", "size": 99003, "is_downloadable": true, "content_hash": "a1feb184b8b5723de4f3d16e8530c71759c4a569bc368b0ee88a3acdde9310df"}, {"name": "ada.jpg", "path_lower": "/work/ver/ada.jpg", "path_display": "/Work/ver/ada.jpg", "id": "id:teAlu1WEq40AAAAAAAKg9Q", "client_modified": "2019-07-30T21:11:19Z", "server_modified": "2022-08-29T20:40:07Z", "rev": "5e76744f356ba003edfac", "size": 99003, "is_downloadable": true, "content_hash": "a1feb184b8b5723de4f3d16e8530c71759c4a569bc368b0ee88a3acdde9310df"}]}
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffYes, that's expected. You're using the "id" mode, so it shows the history of the file with the supplied ID across moves, including the revision of the file at each location where it is/was.
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