Session: How to Get Entity Last Modified
When a document is downloaded from the server it contains various metadata details, including the last modified date of the document.
Last modified date is stored within the session metadata and is available for each
entity using the get_last_modified_for
method from the advanced
session operations.
Syntax
def get_last_modified_for(self, entity: object) -> datetime: ...
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
entity | object |
Instance of an entity for which the last modified date will be returned. |
Return Type | Description |
---|---|
datetime |
Returns the last modified date for an entity. Throws an exception if the entity is not tracked by the session. |
Example
employee = session.load("employees/1-A")
last_modified = session.advanced.get_last_modified_for(employee)