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Slow response using Dropbox for Python
Hello, My python code has been working well for months. Within the past 48 hours, the files_download command in the snippet below (with tokens obfuscated) has started to take about 45 seconds while ...
Thanks for letting me know about the different mechanisms. The file is tiny, just 258 bytes of text.
DB-Des
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Dropbox Community ModeratorI’ve been unable to replicate the issue reported on my end, but below are a few troubleshooting steps that may help identify the cause:
- Check if any proxies, firewalls, VPNs, or similar network configurations are in use on the affected computers. These can sometimes interfere with the connection.
- Investigate whether you can get more visibility into the issue. For example, is there an option to enable more verbose logging or detailed output in your setup? Alternatively, you could try reproducing the issue using a tool like curl to observe the raw request and response.
No proxies, firewalls, or VPNs.
I don't want to dig inside the Python API for Dropbox. I'm going to skip downloading the file each time and just read the local copy in
C:\Users\xxxxx\Dropbox\...
The file changes rarely, so this suits my needs.
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