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How can I move huge files through the Dropbox API from Google Cloud?
hello and sorry if this is not the right place to post this.
so i have a huge quantities of file on google cloud that i want to move completly to dropbox, a coworker told me that i can do it via the dropboxbusiness api but i can't find how to. can i get some help?
edit: forgot to mension i'm using dropbox business.
edit2: forgot to mention the most important part as well: can i do it remotely? without the needs of downloading the file on the computer and uploading them again?
- Rich
Super User II
The API is a programming interface, intended for developers creating third-party applications that interface with Dropbox. While it can certainly be used to transfer data to and from your account, you would need programming experience and would need to build your own app to handle the transfers for you.
There is no direct way to transfer data between cloud services. You'll either need to download and reupload your data, or use a third-party service such as mover.io (which uses the API you referenced earlier).
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Additionally, if you are a programmer willing to write code to do this yourself, one way you may be able to do this without downloading everything, is via the /2/files/save_url. If you can get Internet-accessible links for the files you want to save to Dropbox, you can use that endpoint to have Dropbox save them directly.
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