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romp94
Explorer | Level 4
7 years ago

Chooser 500 error when selecting many files

When using the Dropbox Chooser in our web page, it appears that when a user selects around 300 files or more, the Chooser window throws a 500 error.  The javascript console in the Chooser window say...
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Yefimov_R
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

Hi Greg,
Are there any updates for this error?

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Greg-DB
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6 years ago

No, I'm afraid I don't have any change to report for this issue. Given that this only happens for large numbers of files, it looks like the team isn't planning on prioritizing work on this.

If this is a common use case for your app, I recommend switching to using the Dropbox API instead of the Chooser as that will offer more control.

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