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Jon B.1
3 years agoCollaborator | Level 9
SearchV2 cursor update
Just a quick question about the /search and /search/continue endpoints...
I want to search for all files with a particular extension, and get notified of any updates. Do the cursors returned b...
- 3 years ago
No, the cursors returned by the search endpoints are meant for pagination and do not promise to track changes over time. Also, the search endpoints require some query, so they don't support just searching for all files of a particular file type anyway, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
That being the case, it sounds like for your use case you should use the /2/files/list_folder[/continue] functionality to list/track entries and filter the results as desired client-side.
Greg-DB
3 years agoDropbox Staff
No, the cursors returned by the search endpoints are meant for pagination and do not promise to track changes over time. Also, the search endpoints require some query, so they don't support just searching for all files of a particular file type anyway, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
That being the case, it sounds like for your use case you should use the /2/files/list_folder[/continue] functionality to list/track entries and filter the results as desired client-side.
- Jon B.13 years agoCollaborator | Level 9
So do a complete recursive directory listing at the same time as the initial find, and then just track the updates and filter them for files which match... yeah, that's doable! Thanks.
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