Is it possible to distinguish whether it is old or new with only the Revision ID?

Question

hello.

When a very complex task is performed in a short time, a lot of changes information using listfolder comes in at once, so I want to use RevisionID to distinguish whether it is previous or not.

In the Revision ID obtained from listfolder, I want to distinguish whether this RevisionID is old or new by comparing it to the RevisionID I already have.

Could this be possible?

I wonder if it is possible simply by String Compare or if I have to cut off a part of the ID and turn it into a number.

Greg-DB · Accepted Answer

No, the "rev" value, e.g., as returned by /2/files/list_folder[/continue], is an opaque revision identifier. It can be used for a strict equality check with other rev values, but it's not meant to be modified, and shouldn't be used to attempt to determine if a rev is older or newer than another.

For information on how to monitor changes using the Dropbox API, please refer to the Detecting Changes Guide.