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meister66
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8 years ago
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socket.timeout: The write operation timed out

Hi,   I am trying to uload a single file based on the example code from here: https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-python/blob/master/example/back-up-and-restore/backup-and-restore-example.py   ...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    8 years ago

    Thanks! The single files_upload method used in that sample is only meant for files up to 150 MB in size. That isn't necessarily a strict limit though, so files larger than that may or may not fail, and it may be inconsistent across different machines/network connections. For large files, you'll need to switch to upload sessions.

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meister66
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

The file is 250-300MB. As mentioned, it worked on my Mac on which I tested the script first with the same file. The datapath is identical and local firewall on the windows server is switched off

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Greg-DB
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8 years ago

Thanks! The single files_upload method used in that sample is only meant for files up to 150 MB in size. That isn't necessarily a strict limit though, so files larger than that may or may not fail, and it may be inconsistent across different machines/network connections. For large files, you'll need to switch to upload sessions.

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    meister66
    Explorer | Level 3
    8 years ago

    Tried with a smaller file and it worked. 

    With that error messages it never occured to me that filsize might be the issue.

     

    Many thanks for your support!

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