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too_many_requests when uploading multiple files
Hello,
I am using the javascript sdk and using dbx.filesUpload multiple times to upload multiple files, but I am getting too many requests error. How can I upload multiple files without running in to this error? Below is my error:
{
error: {
error_summary: 'too_many_requests/..',
error: { reason: [Object], retry_after: 15 }
},
response: Body {
url: 'https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload',
status: 429,
statusText: 'Too Many Requests',
headers: Headers { _headers: [Object] },
ok: false,
body: PassThrough {
_readableState: [ReadableState],
readable: false,
_events: [Object: null prototype],
_eventsCount: 4,
_maxListeners: undefined,
_writableState: [WritableState],
writable: false,
allowHalfOpen: true,
_transformState: [Object],
[Symbol(kCapture)]: false
},
bodyUsed: true,
size: 0,
timeout: 0,
_raw: [
<Buffer 7b 22 65 72 72 6f 72 5f 73 75 6d 6d 61 72 79 22 3a 20 22 74 6f 6f 5f 6d 61 6e 79 5f 72 65 71 75 65 73 74 73 2f 2e 2e 22 2c 20 22 65 72 72 6f 72 22 3a ... 62 more bytes>
],
_abort: false,
_bytes: 112
},
status: 429
}
Thanks
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Attempting to upload multiple files at the same time can cause issues like this. Please refer to the Performance Guide for information on how to manage this.
Thanks for the reply. Does that mean there is no way to upload multiple (it's only 5, very small files) at once without getting caught by the ratelimit? Would I have to, for example, upload one file every second? If so, how would I do that?
- Greg-DB
That's correct, the Dropbox API doesn't offer a way to upload multiple files in one call, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
That being the case, you will need to loop through your files and call filesUpload once per file, but only call filesUpload for the next file once the previous file upload has completed, that is, once the callback method has fired.
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