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Thank you, you are the best.

Ok, I will keep that in mind. By the way, can I use similar codes to get metadata for videos?

Thanks, Greg. I think this works. Should I always set path=fileid whenever path is asked for?

Thank you so much. You have been really helpful. I am able to get all the metadata I was looking for. Regards, Q

Good catch. I tried using var obj = files[0]; to get the first file and I was able to get the fileid. But the filesize is still empty. Is it possible to get filesize here? Maybe I can get it later using fileid. I am trying to find instructions on getting metadata using fileid in python. program. You are so knowledgable, do…

Here is what I have: <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.dropbox.com/static/api/2/dropins.js" id="dropboxjs" data-app-key="kuxx5m7ap1npv24"></script> <script> var options= { multiselect: true, //extensions: ['.png', '.jpg', '.mvp3', '.mvp4', '.doc', '.xls'], linkType: 'preview', success: function(files) { var…

Hello Greg, Just tried but fileid came up empty. Here is the code I am using to get the values from returned response: filename=obj.name; filepath=obj.link; fileicon=obj.id; filesize=obj.size; fileicons=obj.icon; filethumbnail=obj.thumbnailLink; I am not sure how to save the thumbnail image. Should I save it as a file or…

Hello Greg, I am using Dropbox Javascript file chooser, can I get fileid that way? Assume I can, how can I use fileid to get modified time, client creation time and download the thumbnail? Q

Thank you. This helps a lot. Maybe your doc can have a page showing all the methods, then a page showing all the classes etc. It is hard to follow when they are all mixed together.

Thank you Greg for your quick reply. The answer is very clear but dropbox documentation is hard to follow. In it, the Return type is: dropbox.files.Metadata NOT dropbox.files.FileMetadata for Dropbox.files_get_metadata method. I checked on dropbox.files.Metadata and it does not include server_Modified attribute. SO maybe…