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PIttsburgh Menn's avatar
PIttsburgh Menn
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Unable to retrieve folder revisions through /metadata using rev parameter.

When I attempt to retrieve a folder's specific revision through /metadata I get back an error indicating that the rev is invalid or outdated. The documentation is worded such that this seems to be ...
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Samson B.'s avatar
Samson B.
New member | Level 2
9 years ago

Leah, that is exactly the kind of thing that I am looking for, but when a new folder is created, and my hook is triggered, I'm not being returned an "ID" for the folder. The info that is returned to me in a JSON is the following:

read_only: False
icon: folder
bytes: 0
thumb_exists: False
rev: 735536ee77aa
modified: Tue, 31 May 2016 19:21:06 +0000
folder_name: Framework LTD DBA
path: /Tester/Valuation/Framework LTD DBA
is_dir: True
size: 0 bytes
root: dropbox
share_link: (hidden)
revision: 29525
modifier: (blank)

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