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How to retrieve Shared Folder and Modifier information in /metadata call
I'm having issues with the shared_folder and modifier fields being returned in /metadata. I can't seem to get the API to return anything for shared_folder, and modifier always comes back as null. ...
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Any plans to add the new Dropbox Comments into the Core API?
In an earlier question I asked shared folders were mentioned as a possible beta item and a signup link was posted for whenever that might happen. Is there anything similar for Dropbox Comments?
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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to retrieve a folder's specific revision through /metadata I get back an error indicating that the rev is invalid or outdated.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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Re: Unable to retrieve folder revisions through /metadata using rev parameter.
Alright great thanks for the response, that was exactly what I needed to know.
10 years ago Place Dropbox API Support & Feedback
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Re: Unable to retrieve folder revisions through /metadata using rev parameter.
I just did some testing with the /revisions and /restore calls. I'm getting back a path not found when trying to reference a folder. Here is the /revisions request and response. Request: GE...
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Re: Any plans to add the new Dropbox Comments into the Core API?
The functionality we'd like to see would mainly be whatever comments support now. The biggest ones would definitely be the ability to retrieve comments on a file through /metadata. We'd want to s...
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Re: How to retrieve Shared Folder and Modifier information in /metadata call
Good to know. I've signed up for that beta. This is definitely a feature we'd want in our application. Thanks again.
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Re: How to retrieve Shared Folder and Modifier information in /metadata call
Perfect! This was exactly my problem. Everything is returning correctly now. Is there any way to share folders like this through the API? I'm not seeing anything in either the Core API or the Busi...
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Re: How to retrieve Shared Folder and Modifier information in /metadata call
I've edited out any tokens / unique identifiers with dashes. Let me know if you need the hashes or revs and I can open a private ticket. This is the request from Fiddler: GET https://api.drop...
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