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ballerapp
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

Swift IOS upload large files when app is in background

Is there any way we can upload large files when app is in background using SwifyDropBox? If not then how can we achieve this using NSURLSESSION in swift and DropBox HTTP Requests?
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Greg-DB
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4 years ago

SwiftyDropbox does not currently support background uploads, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.

 

If you want to implement your own uploading code outside of SwiftyDropbox, you can do so using the HTTP endpoints. In particular, for uploading large (greater than 150 MB) files, you'll need to use the upload sessions functionality.

    • dsmurfin's avatar
      dsmurfin
      Explorer | Level 3
      2 years ago
      Hi Greg,

      I’m intrigued as to how to use the new background functionality with large files using an upload session in SwiftyDropbox.

      The API for upload sessions is to provide a Data, but crashes when using a background client with the message:

      'Upload tasks from NSData are not supported in background sessions.'

      Any thoughts?

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