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DropBox API Rate Limiting
Hi All
I am Planning to host a web application which will display images in user's dropbox folder created by our app.
Was highly impressed with getThumnail() and getStartThumnail methods in JAVA ...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorYou're correct that unfortunately the thumbnails API call can currently only return a single thumbnail at a time. I'll be sure to pass this along as a request for a batch version though.
For reference, the Dropbox API does have a rate limiting system, though we don't currently have any specific numbers documented. You can find some information here though:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/bestpractices
It is per-user however, so you don't have to worry about a single user causing trouble for your entire app.
Also note that not all 503s indicate rate limiting, but in any case that you get a 429 or a 503 you should just retry the request, respecting the Retry-After header if given in the response.
- Greg-DBThe Dropbox API now offers the ability to get thumbnails in batches:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-get_thumbnail_batch
If you're using an official SDK, there will also be a corresponding method for this endpoint.
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