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Dropbox API Creating Shared link settings Error.
I have a program in Python 3.9 which cleans data every morning, creates a final dataset, and then uses the dropbox api to create a shared link with settings (password) for the file, then email that l...
Very interesting. Do you recommend I upload the file straight to dropbox using the API over using util to simply copy it over from my local directory?
I arbitrarily chose 60 seconds of time to give dropbox time to fully sync up the file in the application folder. Each file is on average 500MB. Do you recommend I go with a longer length of time just to make sure the sync works with sharing no matter what. One minute here and there is no issue.
Very interesting. Do you recommend I upload the file straight to dropbox using the API over using util to simply copy it over from my local directory?
I arbitrarily chose 60 seconds of time to give dropbox time to fully sync up the file in the application folder. Each file is on average 500MB. Do you recommend I go with a longer length of time just to make sure the sync works with sharing no matter what. One minute here and there is no issue.
Greg-DB
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Dropbox Community ModeratorYou can certainly use the API to upload files instead (files_upload for files smaller than 150 MB, or upload sessions otherwise). That would be helpful in that the code would directly know when the file is completely uploaded.
That's not strictly necessary though. You can use other functionality on the API to detect changes, e.g., to determine when the file is uploaded. Check out the Detecting Changes Guide for more information.
In any case, I wouldn't recommend just waiting some amount of time, as that could be unreliable.
Thank you so much! I have changed my code to allow for uploading of the file from the api rather than just moving it into my file directory. The program is running smoothly now and with no hickups.
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