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Zarina B.'s avatar
Zarina B.
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11 years ago

password protected zip fil is not uploaded using files_upload method (Python)

I am trying to upload a zip file using the files_upload method. When I use a regular zip file (not password protected) it works. However, when I use a password-protected zip file the process takes a ...
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Greg-DB
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11 years ago

The API doesn't pay attention to whether or not a zip file is password protected while uploading it (nor does the file type itself even really matter). It just uploads the raw data as it receives it.

How big is each file though? Is this repeatedly reproducible? 

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