My application is currently using Dropbox API integration . The purpose of this is so that clients can put certain documents in a dedicated folder in the directory Apps/My_App_Name/, my application then periodically checks the folder to see if something has been added, and if the document is found, it will automatically move it to the client’s document management area in my application .
Currently, about 300 users (and counts) who have Dropbox accounts are synchronized with me this way. I believe that I am doing something very inefficient here, but in fact my application polled all 300 accounts to see if the file was added. This happens every 10 minutes, but I need to extend this interval as more accounts are added to prevent a match. Each time I look through all the accounts, usually I would find only 1 or 2 of those 300 who have new documents.
So my question is, is there a method inside the Dropbox API for posting a web hook or notification of some kind only when the client adds the file to this Dropbox folder? This could force my application to poll only this account and save the entire load of resources on my side.
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