Re: About Box Sync

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hzeyer

• September 05, 2019 00:31

Hi.

A Excel-XLSM is checking data from Box-Sync folder - but I didn't know, if the data was synced and up-to-date.
How can I check the sync-status of a folder within an API-call out of my Excel-XLSM?

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  jcleblanc

  • September 05, 2019 12:35

  Hi ,

   

  There are a few items here, depending on what you're after:

  1. If you're looking for the sync state (whether something is set to sync with Box Sync) then you'll be able to fetch the sync-state value in the folder object. More info here.
  2. If you want to capture when a folder has been synced, you can potentially do a few things:
     • If you listen for the ITEM_SYNC event, that should give you information on when an item is synced. More info here.
     • I'm not 100% certain of this, but it's possible that the last_modified date info is updated when content is synced. I'd very that first, but it's another possible avenue.

  Thanks,

  Jon

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  hzeyer

  • September 05, 2019 23:46

  Hi .

  Thanks for feedback .. my only problem is, that I didn't get it managed to create such a request out of an Excel-scirpt. I want to avoid any popups for the users (to sign-on at box, etc.). So for authorization I should use an box-API/predefined Token to access the folder-information .. but I didn't manage this in Excel and didn't find any examples. of how to do it ...
  I think, I have to search for another "solution" ...

  Thanks so far for your feedback!

   

  Regards Heiko

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