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Kyri's avatar
Kyri
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..

Developers
  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox 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's avatar
      Здравко
      Legendary | Level 20
      5 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's avatar
        Kyri
        Explorer | Level 4
        5 years ago

        I am currently using Windows SRV for this project unfortunately

         

         

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