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Hi, I am using Javascript SDK to upload multiple files at once. I have a dropbox business account enabled and the folder where I am trying to upload the files is a shared folder.
I want to upload the files to
root > Clients > Somefolder
Clients and Somefolder are the folders created by me.
Here's my code:
const uploadClientData = async (req, res) => { try { const files = req.files const { dbxUser } = req; const args = { contents: files, path: '/Clients/Wise', mode: 'add', autorename: true, mute: false, strict_conflict: false } await dbxUser.filesUpload(args); res.status(200).json({message: "Uploaded"}); } catch (error) { console.log(error) res.status(500).json({ error: error }); } }
And here my dropbox Initialization
module.exports = async (req, res, next) => { try { let dbxTeam = new DropboxTeam({ fetch: fetch }); let access_token; dbxTeam.setClientId("XXXXXXXXXX"); dbxTeam.setClientSecret("XXXXXXXXXX"); if(req.body.code){ access_token = await dbxTeam.getAccessTokenFromCode('http://localhost:3000/authentication', req.body.code); } else { let team_member_id = req.userData.team_member_id access_token = await helpers.getAdminDetails({team_member_id}, "access_token") access_token = access_token[0].access_token; } dbxTeam.setAccessToken(access_token); let { admin_profile } = await dbxTeam.teamTokenGetAuthenticatedAdmin() let dbxUser = new Dropbox({ accessToken: access_token, selectUser: admin_profile.team_member_id, pathRoot: JSON.stringify({".tag": "root", "root": "5619027360"}) }) req.dbxTeam = dbxTeam, req.dbxUser = dbxUser next(); } catch (error) { return res.status(500).json({ message: 'Dropbox Init failed', error: error }); } };
Upload sessions in general are meant for larger files, but you can also use them for smaller files. That makes sense in particular when you have many files to upload at the same time, because the /2/files/upload_session/finish_batch allows you to commit multiple files at once, without causing lock contention between them. You can find more information on that under "Batch Upload" in the data ingress guide Taylor linked to.
Hello guys,
I searched for a long time and found a way to make it esaylly so I hope my cade can help you.
const PHOTO_SAVE_FOLDER = 'C:/Users/matth/Desktop/'
/**
* eventName : foler name where are my files to upload on my computer
* folder : dropbox folder name i when to save my files
*/
const uploadPhotosOnDropbox = async (eventName,folder) => {
const errors = [];
const photosInMyComputer = `${PHOTO_SAVE_FOLDER}${eventName}/${folder}/`
let photosToUplaod = fs.readdirSync(photosInMyComputer);
let folderPath = `/Events/${eventName}/${folder}`; // path for dropbox
// create the folder in dbx, around with try/catch
await dbx.filesCreateFolderV2({ path : folderPath, autorename:false});
photosToUplaod.map((photo, idx) =>{
fs.readFile(`${photosInTheBorne}${photo}`, (err, data) => {
setTimeout(()=> {
let path = `/Events/${eventName}/${folder}/${photo}`;
const contents = data;
dbx.filesUpload({ path, contents })
},idx * 2000);
});
});
uploadPhotosOnDropbox('09-08-22-MATT', 'persoFolder');
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