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h_vohra
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6 years ago

Display file upload progress in javascript api

I am using the Javascript API to upload my files in dropbox on my website. The files are getting uploaded properly, but I am unable to display the progress of the upload. I have to wait for a longer ...
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h_vohra
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago

Greg-DB  Yes, I am using the same example, but there is no progress bar code in the example.

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Greg-DB
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6 years ago

Yes, that is just an example of using the upload sessions methods themselves. It doesn't have a progress bar implemented, so you'd need to implement it in your code and hook up your own progress bar. For example, between each filesUploadSessionStart/filesUploadSessionAppendV2/filesUploadSessionFinish call, you could update the state of your progress bar based on the current 'offset' value.

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