How to correctly use the /files/list_folder/continue endpoint to retrieve the latest added files?

[blueli]

Hello

So basically I am working on automation. However, I cannot figure out how to use the "cursor" correctly.

My flow is simple. 

1. A webhook is triggered by new files added to Dropbox.

2. Use POST /2/files/list_folder to list all files from a specific folder and obtain a cursor.

3. Use POST /2/files/list_folder/continue with the cursor obtained in step 2. It will not return any results unless we continue with a cursor obtained before new files were added.

4. Upload those latest added files to somewhere else.

But how can we obtain the correct cursor (previous state) for step 3 to retrieve the latest added files for step 4?

Thanks

[Здравко]

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@ blueli wrote:

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But how can we obtain the correct cursor (previous state) for step 3 to retrieve the latest added files for step 4?

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Hi @ blueli,

You can do it in the same way as you have it done in step 2. 😉 The result has the same format.

Hope this helps.

[blueli]

0. Use POST /2/files/list_folder to list all files from a specific folder and obtain a cursor.  

1. A webhook is triggered by new files added to Dropbox.

2. Use POST /2/files/list_folder to list all files from a specific folder and obtain a cursor.

3. Use POST /2/files/list_folder/continue with the cursor obtained in step 2. It will not return any results unless we continue with a cursor obtained before new files were added.

4. Upload those latest added files to somewhere else.

But I can only get the latest added items from the cursor from step 0 for the step 3 

[Здравко · Accepted solution]

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@ blueli wrote:

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But I can only get the latest added items from the cursor from step 0 for the step 3 

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According your explanation, that's what you try to do. Right? Correct me if I misunderstood something.

Once you keep the CURRENT last cursor, received from the last call to /2/files/list_folder/continue, the next time of execution with this cursor /2/files/list_folder/continue will give you the next changed things (files and/or folders). You have to save again the new latest cursor that will become the new current till the next change etc.

[Greg-DB]

@ blueli As Здравко said, you can save the latest received cursor (whether from /2/files/list_folder or /2/files/list_folder/continue) and call /2/files/list_folder/continue again later to get the new changes since then; at that point you can then save the new cursor returned by /2/files/list_folder/continue. You don't need to call /2/files/list_folder every time you get a webhook notification.

[blueli]

Thank you both of you. I understand it now