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raRaRa
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8 years ago

Creating temporary links for a slideshow (one device)

Hi all,   I own a website where people can create a real-time slideshow from various social providers such as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, etc.     I've received a couple of requests where peop...
  • Greg-DB's avatar
    8 years ago

    The Dropbox API rate limiting system is actually relatively generous. We don't have any specific numbers documented, but making 100 calls shouldn't be an issue. 

     

    Alternatively, you can download the files directly from the Dropbox API, e.g., using /2/files/download or /2/files/get_thumbnail, and then cache and serve them from your app. You would still need one call per file though.

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