how to recognise files after un-assigning a dropbox account? (c#)

[bramburn]

Hi there,
After unassigning a dropbox account as it doesn't work very well with a few TB of data on dropbox, I've had build an app to sync the files instead of using the Dropbox app.

But now trying to sync these online is causing me an issue as most of the files that are on the computer are empty. (file size on disk 0byte). Is there a way other than using an exception Catch to identify if the file exists or if it is just a dropbox file shell?

Is there a way for me to identify these 0byte file shells using c#?

Also, I am hitting my API limit reasonably quickly as I am checking if each file exists on the dropbox cloud before I upload, if it does then I just delete it off my drive or move it to a new folder I've built. Is there a way to increase these limits on the API?

I only have 1 machine that works with dropbox app properly, and it can only work if it has an NVME drive, i7 and 64GB ram. The dropbox APP for me is exceptionally resource-heavy that I cannot use it on my AMD ryzen 3, or anything below i7.

[Greg-DB]

For empty files on your local filesystem, I can't provide much help, as that's not related to the Dropbox API. The Dropbox API operates by communicating with the Dropbox servers, not the local filesystem.

If you do want to check the metadata on the Dropbox servers though, e.g., to compare with the local state, you can use ListFolderAsync/ListFolderContinueAsync (in the .NET SDK, which corresponds to /2/files/list_folder[/continue] on the HTTPS API) to list the contents of any folder.

Also, the Dropbox API does have a rate limiting system, but it's not possible to raise the limits. The Performance Guide has some information that may be helpful though.

[bramburn]

Thanks mate, that unfortunate. Maybe its not an issue with the API but it is an issue with the dbx app itself leaving those empty files.

I've implemented the majority of these tips, however, I will try to implement a try catch for the retry-after as this could just pause the system to wait until its released.