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Get metadata of a deleted file
Below is the scenario we need to acheive. Whenever a file is deleted from the dropbox the same should be removed from our database as well. In our database we are storing the id of the file rather...
The Dropbox API doesn't return the file/folder ID for DeletedMetadata, but I'll pass this along as a feature request.
You can call /2/files/list_revisions with the path from the DeletedMetadata to get the history of the file at that though, including the file ID(s).Alternatively, you can store the path and id for the each last (File|Folder)Metadata you saw, so that when you get a DeletedMetadata, you can check what the last known file ID was for that path.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThe Dropbox API doesn't return the file/folder ID for DeletedMetadata, but I'll pass this along as a feature request.
You can call /2/files/list_revisions with the path from the DeletedMetadata to get the history of the file at that though, including the file ID(s).
Alternatively, you can store the path and id for the each last (File|Folder)Metadata you saw, so that when you get a DeletedMetadata, you can check what the last known file ID was for that path.
Hi Greg,
Thank you for quick turnaround. As you suggested storing the path in DB and using the same for doing the deletion should do since the file_id changes every time we change the revision, rename the file or move the file.
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