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TimL
9 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Saver timeout on some files, no intermediate progress
I just implemented dropbox Saver on our site, and I'm having some trouble.
I tested with two files:
The first file is about 12MB and downloads from the provided URL to the dropbox account successfully in about 5 seconds.
The second file is about 20MB and times out after 5 minutes.
I manually tested both URLs (in incognito mode on Chrome) and both resolve properly. The bigger file takes about 30-40 seconds to download from the URL to my laptop.
Strangely, when downloading the file that successfully downloads, I get a progress indicator every few seconds from the progress event. The progress starts at 0, every few seconds I get another progress of 0, and then at the end I get a progress of 1. It's never anything in between 0 and 1. Is there a way to get decimals showing progress between 0 and 1, such as 0.25 when the progress is at 25%?
When I download the files from the server directly to my browser, I get a download progress bar in my browser, so I'm pretty sure the server is reporting the size of the file in some manner.
Here is my code for reporting progress:
progress: function(progress) {
console.log("Dropbox Progress", progress * 100);
}
Thanks for the help!
10 Replies
- Greg-DB9 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Can you share the full error you're getting for the time out failure?
For the progress issue, the expected behavior is float values between 0 and 1, so we'll look into it. - TimL9 years agoExplorer | Level 4
I tried it again tonight - with no code changes, with the same user account, the same dropbox account, the same files - and the timeout didn't happen. Strange. It concerns me that the behaviour is not consistent - and I'm not confident that this is resolved. We'll wait and see.
Let me know what you find out about the progress detail. Thanks!
- Greg-DB9 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Thanks! I'll follow up here once I have an update for you. - Greg-DB9 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
By the way, we did find an issue that could cause a timeout error like that. That should be fixed now.
I don't have an update on the progress issue yet. - TimL9 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Any news on getting progress events from dropbox saver? I tried it again and it's still doing the same thing - lots of progress events with a value of 0, followed by a final progress event with a value of 1. No fractional numbers indicating actual progress.
- Greg-DB9 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
I don't have an update on this yet. I'll follow up here once I do. - TimL9 years agoExplorer | Level 4
It looks like the progress-always-at-zero bug has been around for almost 2 years - https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/API-support/download-or-saving-progress-alwayes-quot-0-quot-using-drop-ins/td-p/124551
Is there any update on this?
If we can't get this fixed soon, can the documentation be updated to tell other deverlopers that the progress feature is broken?
Thanks!
- Greg-DB9 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Thanks for checking in. I don't have an update on this yet unfortunately. I'll check in with the team, and ask them to document this. - TimL8 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Any update on this bug? It was first reported back in July 2015, so it's been a known issue for about 2.5 years now.
I'd love to finish building out dropbox support for my client, but this bug is preventing me from deploying.
- Greg-DB8 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
No, I don't have an update on this unfortunately. I'll bring it up with the team again.
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