Get previous filename

I am working with an enterprise account and attempting to get the version history of a file, specifically to get its previous filename for a RENAME event. I am a co-admin in the account.

Using the Box UI I rename a file.

I can get a list of RENAME events and obtain a file id from the endpoint

https://api.box.com/2.0/events?stream_type=admin_logs&event_type=RENAME

However when I get the file id and request the following endpoint I get an empty set.

https://api.box.com/2.0/files/{file_id}/versions

{ "total_count": 0, "entries": [], "limit": 1000, "offset": 0 }

I would have expected at least one entry in here containing the previous filename? If I use the Box UI to query the file version history it again does not show any version history. However if I run a 'Renamed' report via the UI it includes the previous filename so it must be stored somewhere...

Is a new version of the file not created when it is renamed? If not how do I get the previous name of a file that has been renamed?

kev_dev

2016年09月01日 00:07

I've come across a similar question on Stackoverflow which has remained unanswered so I can only assume that this feature is not supported, which I find very surprising.

I find it flawed that renaming a file in the Box web UI would not create a new version of that file.

The information is available somewhere as I can see the previous name of the file when I run a Rename report in the web UI, however for some reason this does not seem to have made it to the public API.

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