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Is there a constant or method that return the upload limit per request?
I'm writing an application and I trying not to hard code the upload request limit of 150 MB per request to my application. Is there a way retrieve that value? I wanted to know if Dropbox plan to raise that limit in the future.
That number isn't accessible programmatically, and it's actually not a strict limit anyway. Due to various other (mostly network) factors, smaller or larger file uploads may fail or succeed.
For larger files, you should use chunked uploading, and the size limit you use in your app to determine whether to use normal or chunked uploading is up to you, and should probably even be less than 150 MB. For example, if you know your app is often used with weak or unreliable network connections, you may want to choose a relatively small size.
We don't have any plans to change that limit. In API v2, the equivalent to chunked uploading is upload sessions:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-upload_session-start
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-upload_session-append
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-upload_session-finish
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- Greg-DB
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That number isn't accessible programmatically, and it's actually not a strict limit anyway. Due to various other (mostly network) factors, smaller or larger file uploads may fail or succeed.
For larger files, you should use chunked uploading, and the size limit you use in your app to determine whether to use normal or chunked uploading is up to you, and should probably even be less than 150 MB. For example, if you know your app is often used with weak or unreliable network connections, you may want to choose a relatively small size.
On my Java Application, files over that limit throws an SSL Exception even though it sends the file successfully.my concern is whether Dropbox decide to raise that limit and that exception is no longer thrown after the 150MB. I only see the /chunked_upload in API v1. Will this continue to be supported in V2.
- Greg-DB
We don't have any plans to change that limit. In API v2, the equivalent to chunked uploading is upload sessions:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-upload_session-start
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-upload_session-append
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-upload_session-finish
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