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DirkCleenwerck
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

Cursor of a folder - which folder does it belong to?

Hi there, When I have stored a cursor from a previous https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder call, is there any way to get which folder this cursor belongs too? I can do a list_folder by ...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    4 years ago

    No, the Dropbox API doesn't offer a way to look up the path/ID for a particular cursor. When storing a cursor in your app, you should have the app record what that cursor is for.

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Greg-DB
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4 years ago

No, the Dropbox API doesn't offer a way to look up the path/ID for a particular cursor. When storing a cursor in your app, you should have the app record what that cursor is for.

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