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Sukanth
6 years agoExplorer | Level 4
is there a way we can resume downloads from where it left ?
Hi Guys,
I wrote code using dropbox java sdk to download all the files in dropbox to my NAS (Network-attached storage). The data is huge . I tried to make the process faster using thread pool exec...
- 6 years ago
Yes, it looks like in that case you've only written a portion of the file, so you could check how much of the file you did write, and then use DbxDownloadStyleBuilder.range to download just the rest of the file.
Also, if it's helpful, you can use the "Content Hash" feature, available in the Java SDK as FileMetadata.contentHash, to verify if you've successfully downloaded the full and correct file contents.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
6 years agoYes, it looks like in that case you've only written a portion of the file, so you could check how much of the file you did write, and then use DbxDownloadStyleBuilder.range to download just the rest of the file.
Also, if it's helpful, you can use the "Content Hash" feature, available in the Java SDK as FileMetadata.contentHash, to verify if you've successfully downloaded the full and correct file contents.
Sukanth
6 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Thank you, Greg !!
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