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Apollonius
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8 years ago
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Error while uploading a zip file using Python script

 I'm trying to write a Python script where there would be a list of "paths" to files and they would serially be uploaded to my Dropbox.   I thought of uploading a directory as a Zip archive if the ...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    8 years ago

    Thanks for the report! This appears to be an issue when using the Dropbox Python SDK with Python 3. We're looking into it.

     

    As a workaround, please try setting an unlimited timeout when constructing your Dropbox client, like this:

    dropbox.Dropbox(TOKEN, timeout=None)

    Please let me know if that does or doesn't help.

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Apollonius
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago

Got it!:slight_smile:
If you don't mind, is there any way so that I can know that this issue has been fixed so that I can update my code?

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Greg-DB
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8 years ago

I'll be sure to follow up here once I have an update on this issue.

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