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Http 504 Gateway Timeout when trying to get upto 1000 or more files in c#
I am trying to fetch a folder using C# dropbox api and I am paginating results as well but still I get timeout on it as it contains more than 1000 files. Here is my pagination code: var child...
Also, if I had paginated results using the code mentioned initially in my post, then shouldn't it get the results in batches instead of getting all at once? I think that's what is happening and its timing out eventually.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHow long each call takes, as well as how long it takes to list everything, will vary from account to account, e.g., based on the number of files/activity, so I can't offer a guarantee on how much time it would take.
Each call to a ListFolderAsync or ListFolderContinueAsync method makes one call to the Dropbox API, with each call returning one page of results. If you have that entire code snippet, including the while loop, blocking the HTTP response for your own page, that can cause your own HTTP call to time out, since the number of Dropbox API calls/pages is unbounded. (I.e., per the above, if the user has many files, there will be many calls to make). I don't have full context on your app of course, but it sounds like perhaps you want to only return one page at a time per HTTP call to your app itself, or perhaps move this into an asynchronous code path, retrieved via AJAX call or some other mechanism.
Each call to a ListFolderAsync or ListFolderContinueAsync method makes one call to the Dropbox API, with each call returning one page of results. If you have that entire code snippet, including the while loop, blocking the HTTP response for your own page, that can cause your own HTTP call to time out, since the number of Dropbox API calls/pages is unbounded. (I.e., per the above, if the user has many files, there will be many calls to make). I don't have full context on your app of course, but it sounds like perhaps you want to only return one page at a time per HTTP call to your app itself, or perhaps move this into an asynchronous code path, retrieved via AJAX call or some other mechanism.
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