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Download failed when I use method save_url
Hi! I want to upload file to my dropbox with URL. I use swift and method: client.files.saveUrl(path: pathDropbox, url: "https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=ht..... ").response.... I get response...
Thank you for the quick help! It really was my mistake and now everything works.
But I have another problem - I get "download failed" when I try to load a big file(about 200 Mb). Are there some limits on the size of a file that I want to load?
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffRoman_argon There isn't a file size limit exactly, but there is a time limit. The transfer has to complete within 5 minutes. Is the job taking more than 5 minutes in this case?
Unfortunately no. For example, when I use URL on file that has 72 Mb size I get next responses:
1) job_id%: YB64oiAB.....2) {
".tag" = "in_progress";
} (I get it 56 times)
3){
"client_modified" = "2019-05-14T07:03:24Z";
"content_hash" = 4037d00b191afe414538970d5b165ddfa8696dd2c4209940fb4fdc064ae6dd4f;
id = "id:BMvdcsqw6EAAAAAAAAABMg";
name = "\U0420\U0430\U0437\U044a\U0435\U0437\U0434 18\U043a\U043c. \U041f\U0440\U0438\U043d\U0446\U0438\U043f\U0438\U0430\U043b\U044c\U043d\U044b\U0435 \U0441\U0445\U0435\U043c\U044b.pdf";
"path_display" = "/\U0420\U0430\U0437\U044a\U0435\U0437\U0434 18\U043a\U043c. \U041f\U0440\U0438\U043d\U0446\U0438\U043f\U0438\U0430\U043b\U044c\U043d\U044b\U0435 \U0441\U0445\U0435\U043c\U044b.pdf";
"path_lower" = "/\U0440\U0430\U0437\U044a\U0435\U0437\U0434 18\U043a\U043c. \U043f\U0440\U0438\U043d\U0446\U0438\U043f\U0438\U0430\U043b\U044c\U043d\U044b\U0435 \U0441\U0445\U0435\U043c\U044b.pdf";
rev = 3443ae3b3d7;
"server_modified" = "2019-05-14T07:03:34Z";
size = 74214029;
}
All of this takes only 25 seconds.
But when I use URL on file that has 139 Mb size I get next responses:
1) job_id%:YB64oiABCYAA.....
2)2) {
".tag" = "in_progress";
} (I get it only 1 time)
3) And immediately I get:{
".tag" = failed;
failed = {
".tag" = "download_failed";
};
}
All of this takes 3 seconds. I have the same problems with all files that have size more than 100 Mb
- Greg-DB
I just tried this and successfully saved a 200 MB file, so it sounds like there may be something specific to the URLs you're using.
Would you be able to share a sample URL that's failing like this so we can look into it? Feel free to open an API ticket if you'd prefer to share privately.
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