How to detect Dropbox folder is renamed. via Dropbox http-api or java-sdk

Question

After rename folder in Dropbox.Dropbox 2/files/list_folder/continue api give response that indicate old folder and it's all sub-folder deleted and folder with new name and all old sub-folder with new path created.

For example: 1. Have folder name 'contract test sub category 1' that have sub-folder named 'contract test sub category 1' and sub folder have 'test.png' 2. Rename the folder with 'contract test sub category 0'. Get the response that display below.

Response :{"entries":
[{
".tag":"deleted",
"name":"contract test category 0",
"id":"id:zN8VXp5DPoAAAAAAAAABJw",
"path_lower":"/contract/contract test category 0",
"path_display":"/contract/contract test category 0"
},
{
".tag":"deleted",
"name":"test.png",
"path_lower":"/contract/contract test category 1/contract test sub category 1/test.png",
"path_display":"/contract/contract test category 1/contract test sub category 1/test.png"
},
{
".tag":"deleted",
"name":"contract test sub category 1",
"path_lower":"/contract/contract test category 1/contract test sub category 1",
"path_display":"/contract/contract test category 1/contract test sub category 1"
},
{
".tag":"deleted",
"name":"contract test category 1",
"path_lower":"/contract/contract test category 1",
"path_display":"/contract/contract test category 1"
},
{
".tag":"folder",
"name":"contract test sub category 1",
"id":"id:zN8VXp5DPoAAAAAAAAABKg",
"path_lower":"/contract/contract test category 0/contract test sub category 1",
"path_display":"/contract/contract test category 0/contract test sub category 1"
},
{
".tag":"file",
"name":"test.png",
"id":"id:zN8VXp5DPoAAAAAAAAABLQ",
"client_modified":"2019-01-25T12:30:58Z","server_modified":"2019-01-29T06:39:51Z",
"rev":"0123a000000011c24d890",
"size":181599,
"path_lower":"/contract/contract test category 0/contract test sub category 1/test.png",
"path_display":"/contract/contract test category 0/contract test sub category 1/test.png", 
}],
"cursor":"AAGsW7C_w_KUDSqracbrCsltYQBEjFAgIzkiFAc-wW7q_MkvC-bsa2v9PKI9trqUlfwfvhTS-F0aqMQiZyvOMI8RkRVapojCscMh6hda97n4bk1_oC31hz6mAeuvHWaI23w7UnXHWsi9ynVh-__INwtwwOvIdNqIG1cEWZtBtvZrUsRTKgqFkypN7217AtRGOaIeTkeOK01Cc-F50eZbmg9c",
"has_more":false
}

I have thousand of sub-folder in folder that i want to rename and run code according to renamed folder.

I want something that indicate 'contract test sub category 1' folder to renamed to 'contract test sub category 0'.

Is there any way to detect particular folder is renamed ? Or any dropbox-api that give my expected results.

Greg-DB · Accepted Answer

[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54417566/how-to-detect-dropbox-folder-is-renamed-via-dropbox-http-api-or-java-sdk ] If a file or folder is renamed, the new entry will have the same 'id' as the previous (non-deleted) entry. So, if you want to keep track of renames, you should keep the existing state, from the previous /2/files/list_folder and /2/files/list_folder/continue calls. Here's a more complete example: curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/create_folder_v2 \ --header "Authorization: Bearer " \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data "{\"path\": \"/test/test_325818\"}" | jqp # { # "metadata": { # "name": "test_325818", # "path_lower": "/test/test_325818", # "path_display": "/Test/test_325818", # "id": "id:25N5ksooX-sAAAAAAAM5zg" # } # } curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload \ --header "Authorization: Bearer " \ --header "Dropbox-API-Arg: {\"path\": \"/test/test_325818/test_325818.txt\"}" \ --header "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \ --data-binary "test data" | jqp # { # "name": "test_325818.txt", # "path_lower": "/test/test_325818/test_325818.txt", # "path_display": "/test/test_325818/test_325818.txt", # "id": "id:25N5ksooX-sAAAAAAAM50A", # "client_modified": "2019-01-29T19:08:37Z", # "server_modified": "2019-01-29T19:08:37Z", # "rev": "73c60021eccc7", # "size": 9, # "content_hash": "824979ede959fefe53082bc14502f8bf041d53997ffb65cbbe3ade5803f7fb76" # } curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder \ --header "Authorization: Bearer " \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data "{\"path\": \"/test\",\"recursive\": true}" | jqp # { # "entries": [ # { # ".tag": "folder", # "name": "test", # "path_lower": "/test", # "path_display": "/test", # "id": "id:25N5ksooX-sAAAAAAAM5zw" # }, # { # ".tag": "folder", # "name": "test_325818", # "path_lower": "/test/test_325818", # "path_display": "/Test/test_325818", # "id": "id:25N5ksooX-sAAAAAAAM5zg" # }, # { # ".tag": "file", # "name": "test_325818.txt", # "path_lower": "/test/test_325818/test_325818.txt", # "path_display": "/test/test_325818/test_325818.txt", # "id": "id:25N5ksooX-sAAAAAAAM50A", # "client_modified": "2019-01-29T19:08:37Z", # "server_modified": "2019-01-29T19:08:37Z", # "rev": "73c60021eccc7", # "size": 9, # "content_hash": "824979ede959fefe53082bc14502f8bf041d53997ffb65cbbe3ade5803f7fb76" # } # ], # "cursor": "AAEZHC5JNB-5N9UR8wHEdcHTUEbi-u78UPPhZfrt9hPLMhmbDIgPn6pFEmlMk7fItVUgMRA4dpMhLtwuqjlhTYgcDraWbCIpZ0rKJsPui2yTPXNIWIoCCjWzHm_osUCUWMOwGPLDqcXNMvhx5dUAz6fU7QaK0pGJAF08QdpQFV_KJC73PT1MT_DX1TYuDPBWkP4", # "has_more": false # } curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/move_v2 \ --header "Authorization: Bearer " \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data "{\"from_path\": \"/test/test_325818\",\"to_path\": \"/test/test_325818_renamed\"}" | jqp # { # "metadata": { # ".tag": "folder", # "name": "test_325818_renamed", # "path_lower": "/test/test_325818_renamed", # "path_display": "/Test/test_325818_renamed", # "id": "id:25N5ksooX-sAAAAAAAM5zg" # } # } curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder/continue \ --header "Authorization: Bearer " \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --data "{\"cursor\": \"AAEZHC5JNB-5N9UR8wHEdcHTUEbi-u78UPPhZfrt9hPLMhmbDIgPn6pFEmlMk7fItVUgMRA4dpMhLtwuqjlhTYgcDraWbCIpZ0rKJsPui2yTPXNIWIoCCjWzHm_osUCUWMOwGPLDqcXNMvhx5dUAz6fU7QaK0pGJAF08QdpQFV_KJC73PT1MT_DX1TYuDPBWkP4\"}" | jqp # { # "entries": [ # { # ".tag": "deleted", # "name": "test_325818.txt", # "path_lower": "/test/test_325818/test_325818.txt", # "path_display": "/test/test_325818/test_325818.txt" # }, # { # ".tag": "deleted", # "name": "test_325818", # "path_lower": "/test/test_325818", # "path_display": "/Test/test_325818" # }, # { # ".tag": "folder", # "name": "test_325818_renamed", # "path_lower": "/test/test_325818_renamed", # "path_display": "/Test/test_325818_renamed", # "id": "id:25N5ksooX-sAAAAAAAM5zg" # }, # { # ".tag": "file", # "name": "test_325818.txt", # "path_lower": "/test/test_325818_renamed/test_325818.txt", # "path_display": "/test/test_325818_renamed/test_325818.txt", # "id": "id:25N5ksooX-sAAAAAAAM50A", # "client_modified": "2019-01-29T19:08:37Z", # "server_modified": "2019-01-29T19:09:03Z", # "rev": "73c64021eccc7", # "size": 9, # "content_hash": "824979ede959fefe53082bc14502f8bf041d53997ffb65cbbe3ade5803f7fb76" # } # ], # "cursor": "AAHt9Zlq5FimhWx0HZfGESi174eBTbSFXHS0ZyMQq5PcBgpWjIah3fS6iRKkyqHbmWr5MG-7cX4Bq8p6f6BF0nZ6D6cp26qSXH6kUxaAa_71a3f3hVMT8vDNF3dpxXHp4D57TU2YoEKwGrflmA9jEQbtS4_qZ77eL5Ul-ragoAh9kBLgopvOU7WOWVanQFHbj8I", # "has_more": false # } In this example, you can see how the folder originally at "/test/test_325818" was renamed to "/test/test_325818_renamed", but retained the same 'id' of "id:25N5ksooX-sAAAAAAAM5zg".

harshap · Accepted Answer

Thank You Greg.

It really works for me.