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Richard_D
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7 years ago

Watch received files in a dropbox account

 Hello, I would like to watch for changes to all files in a Dropbox account. I have implemented the following: 1) Call  /list_folder/get_latest_cursor to get a cursor to a users files. I store this...
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Greg-DB
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There isn't a way to get notified of sharing actions like this unfortunately, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. 

As you found, /list_folder/continue is only for actual file/folder changes, which doesn't include sharing activity, and the list_received_files interface doesn't work the same way as list_folder.

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Richard_D
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

Thanks for the clarification. Are webhooks any help for this scenerio? Will i get notified via a webhook when a file is shared to a user?

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