Avoiding RateLimit

[foxmask1]

Hi,

When I use the dropbox (python) API (for creating paper doc) after ~ 100 new doc created, the process is stucked.

When I break the process I can see this is due to a Ratelimit.

How can I avoid that behavior ? 

I'm trying to migrate all my Evernote notes (~2500 documents) 

And plan to create ~80-100 paper doc per day.

Doc I will automatically create (with an opensource project like IFTTT) to follow news arround several topics 🙂

Regards.

[Greg-DB · Accepted solution]

There is a limit to how many Paper documents you can create per day via the API. There isn't a way around this, so you'll need to throttle your calls accordingly. Check the RateLimitError.retry_after value for how long to wait:

https://dropbox-sdk-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/moduledoc.html#dropbox.auth.RateLimitError.retry...

[foxmask1 · Accepted solution]

Hi, thank you for your reply.

So If the API does not allow this operation, is there a way to import a Evernote.enex file once from the web application itself ?

I did not find it but may be it's hidden somewhere 🙂

Regards

[Greg-DB · Accepted solution]

[Cross-linking for reference: https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-python/issues/142 ]

I can only offer help with the API, so any questions about the Paper product itself would be better served in Find answers > Dropbox Paper or Share an idea > Dropbox Paper.

[foxmask1]

it's already a lot !

Thank you .

[Greg-DB]

For reference, the team increased the rate limit for creating Paper docs via the API. Hope this helps!

[foxmask1]

Thank you.