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neunygph's avatar
neunygph
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago

Response headers

Hi,

 

With API v2, we can be able to access/retrieve response header from get_thumbnail request in order to retrieve "etag" and "dropbox-api-result". I just start using  Dropbox SDK from http://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-js/global.html#FilesThumbnailArg__anchor and I was trying to get the response header but look like there is no way for me to access response header from "DropBox.filesGetThumbnail()".

 

Just wonder if there is a way to do it with the SDK

 

Thanks,

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    8 years ago
    Yes, if there have been any changes to the file, the rev will be different.
  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    The JavaScript SDK doesn't expose these directly. Instead, the information from the filesGetThumbnail response is translated into a JavaScript object for you. Likewise, the etag value is available as the "rev" metadata.

    • neunygph's avatar
      neunygph
      Explorer | Level 4
      Hello Greg,

      So that mean we can use the rev value as an etag to check if the file has been modified since the last request, is that correct ?
      Thanks,
      • Greg-DB's avatar
        Greg-DB
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        Yes, if there have been any changes to the file, the rev will be different.