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RealProgrammer
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5 years ago
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System.ArgumentNullException: when inititating concurrent upload

Hi, I've been working on a project and the requirement is to upload files to Dropbox concurrently and in chunks. So, I wrote the following code to accomplish the task.   I initiated the request usi...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    5 years ago

    Apologies for the confusion. You can start a concurrent upload session in the .NET SDK by passing an empty body, like this:

    var uploadSessionStartResult = await _client.Files.UploadSessionStartAsync(sessionType: UploadSessionType.Concurrent.Instance, body: new MemoryStream());

     I'll ask the team to see if we can update the SDK to make this easier/more obvious in the future.

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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

Apologies for the confusion. You can start a concurrent upload session in the .NET SDK by passing an empty body, like this:

var uploadSessionStartResult = await _client.Files.UploadSessionStartAsync(sessionType: UploadSessionType.Concurrent.Instance, body: new MemoryStream());

 I'll ask the team to see if we can update the SDK to make this easier/more obvious in the future.

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    RealProgrammer
    Explorer | Level 4
    5 years ago

    Thanks for the help. Your answer did the trick.

  • 9krausec's avatar
    9krausec
    Explorer | Level 4
    5 years ago

    Hey Greg-DB - Have any pointers on the correct syntax to do this with Python?

     

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      Greg-DB
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      5 years ago

      9krausec I don't believe we have a sample of this in Python handy unfortunately. I see you have an open ticket with support about this though so we'll take a look at that and follow up with you there.

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