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Christian T.16's avatar
Christian T.16
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

swifty dropbox download cancel

how can I cancel a file download in progress through the API? thanks.

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  • DS6's avatar
    DS6
    Explorer | Level 4
    7 years ago

    Do we need to explicitly cancel the upload requests, or is it enough to release the objects by setting it to nil? Example, I have

     dbUploadTask = client?.files.uploadSessionStart(input: data)
 dbUploadTask?.response(completionHandler: { [weak self] (result, error) in

}

    Then is it safe to set the object to nil while upload is in progress? Or is it necessary to call cancel() before setting it to nil?

    dbUploadTask = nil
  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    7 years ago

    DS6 If you want to cancel the request, you should explicitly call `cancel`. (I can't guarantee that `nil`ing the object will be sufficient.)

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