https://api.dropbox.com/1/delta?include_media_info=False v1 null entry value

Ashley B.18

Hi,

I've been using the following endpoint to return a users dropbox folders/files:

 https://api.dropbox.com/1/delta?include_media_info=False

I'm getting the following for 8 entries:

["/Folder/fileexample.txt",
null],

The rest are returning metadata as expected ie

["/folder/myfile.xls",
{
"parent_shared_folder_id": "123456",
"rev": "1",
"thumb_exists": false,
"path": "/folder/myfile.xls",
"is_dir": false,
"icon": "page_white_excel",
"read_only": false,
"modifier": null,
"bytes": 0,
"modified": "Thu, 18 Aug 2016 15:53:30 +0000",
"size": "1 bytes",
"root": "dropbox",
"revision": 123456
}],

 

Do you know why this might be occurring? 

Thanks

 

 

Greg-DB

Hi Ashley, the null metadata indicates that the item is deleted. You can find more information on this under the "delta entries" section of this endpoint's documentation:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers-v1/core/docs#delta

There's a blog post that shows some logic for this that may be helpful here:

https://blogs.dropbox.com/developers/2013/12/efficiently-enumerating-dropbox-with-delta/

Also, I should note that /1/delta is an API v1 endpoint, which is deprecated. The equivalent functionality in API v2 is /files/list_folder[/continue]:

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder

https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-list_folder-continue