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feni
5 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Upload requests limit
You have in the docs: "We recommend uploading many files in parallel to increase throughput." How many `files_upload()` functions I can call in a second? Do you have limits for this 100, 1000, 10k?
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
5 years agoYou should not make multiple calls to files_upload itself at the same time for the same user, as that will result in lock contention. Please read the Data Ingress Guide for detailed information on how to upload many files:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/data-ingress-guide
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