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daynightdev
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3 years ago

Downloading large amount of files to my web application

Hi,  I'm currently using the Dropbox download endpoint in a Vue framework, but I'm experiencing slow loading times for photos due to the large volume I'm downloading. Is there an alternative endpoin...
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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
3 years ago

Yes, in such a case you may considered exponential back off If no header denoting proposed delay. Unfortunately, there is not 'bunch' version to get links at once.

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Greg-DB
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3 years ago

daynightdev Здравко is correct; when you get a 429, the best practice is to retry the request, respecting the Retry-After header if given in the response, or using an exponential back-off, if not. I recommend referring to the error documentation and Error Handling Guide for more information.

 

The Dropbox API does not offer a batch version of that method, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.

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