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vsTheijs
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago

Determine which file is which in .dropbox.cache.

I am trying to make a dropbox integration that takes into account both the web API and the desktop client. The desktop client doesn't have an API of its own, so I have to use some hacks to get what I...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    6 years ago

    No, unfortunately Dropbox doesn't offer any way to check the desktop client sync status or identify files in the cache like this, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though. 

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Greg-DB
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No, unfortunately Dropbox doesn't offer any way to check the desktop client sync status or identify files in the cache like this, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though. 

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vsTheijs
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago

Hi Greg, thanks for the input.

Do you know if there could be any other creative ways to check the sync status? When something is being synced, it shows this blue arrow icon. I guess it is stored somewhere on that file to tell file explorer which icon to show. Do you know if there is a way to get that information from that file? (I'm only interested in Windows.)

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    Greg-DB
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    6 years ago

    I don't know of any ways to do so unfortunately. I couldn't recommend any unofficial/unsupported methods anyway, as they'd be subject to change without notice.

    • vsTheijs's avatar
      vsTheijs
      Explorer | Level 4
      6 years ago

      Got it. I'll have to see how to handle this situation then. Thanks for the quick reply.

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