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Mubasher
5 years agoExplorer | Level 4
uploading large files (1GB) using token
I am making a page where the user pastes the URL of the file and I fetch that file make its zip then uploading it to dropbox. it's working fine with the small files such as 150Mb or 250Mb but not wit...
Здравко
5 years agoLegendary | Level 20
Mubasher wrote:I don't know much about Dropbox ...
Nobody knows everything. Did you read everything pointed by my links in my previous post? 🤔 Seems not. Do it! Your code falls in 150MB limitation. 😉 Read with more care!
Mubasher
5 years agoExplorer | Level 4
ok i am reading but my code is working fine for 250Mb but it fails at 1Gb because of my internet i think. Can you tell me that i have to use backend for upload_session? or it can be done without server?
- Здравко5 years agoLegendary | Level 20
Mubasher wrote:... but my code is working fine for 250Mb but it fails at 1Gb because of my internet i think. ...
🙂 The access point, you are using, guarantees work for size up to 150MB. By the way all single transactions are not guaranteed to support transfer of more than 150MB. Of course, this doesn't mean you can't transfer more! It's just not guaranteed. 😉
Mubasher wrote:... Can you tell me that i have to use backend for upload_session? or it can be done without server?
If I understand correct, you count backed and server usage as the same. I name it little different. You don't need separate server. "Backend" could be realized as a modification of you code. You have to perform sequentially session endpoints calls (create, append, and finish). "Append" steps could be called concurrently, but not before create and not after finish (that's an option - be careful).
Hope this sheds additional light.
- Greg-DB5 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67035156/can-i-upload-larger-files-1gb-to-dropbox-via-dropbox-token-but-without-setting ]
Mubasher Здравко is correct, the issue is that the /2/files/upload endpoint only supports files up to 150 MB. For larger files, you'll need to use upload sessions like Здравко linked to. The upload session endpoints can be called from either a "front-end" or "back-end". A server is not required to make the API calls.
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