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buttflattery
6 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Max files Upload using javascript SDK
I can find any relevant section that addresses how many files i can upload in concurrent requests. means if i am using javascript SDK and i trigger 100 files via looping the code that creates a promi...
- 6 years ago
You will need to create one "upload session" per file. Each file can be uploaded in multiple pieces or "chunks". Once you've uploaded all of the chunks for each file, you can commit all of the files at once by using the /files/upload_session/finish_batch endpoint. That will help avoid lock contention.
For each single request to upload a chunk of a file, you can technically upload up to 150 MB. In practice, you'll likely want to use a size smaller than that for the sake of reliability. Additionally, using a smaller size means you won't have to re-upload as much if/when a particular request does fail. For instance, in practice you might want to use a chunk size of 12 MB, but you can experiment to see what size works well for your use case.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
You should set the UploadSessionAppendArg.close to true for the last chunk of every file.
Each file gets its own upload session, and any upload session that you want to finish using filesUploadSessionFinishBatch needs to be "closed" before you can finish it with filesUploadSessionFinishBatch. "Closing" an upload session tells Dropbox that you won't be adding any more data to it.
buttflattery
6 years agoExplorer | Level 4
perfect thanks alot Greg-DB you have been helpfull here other than
"passing the suggestion for a feature request" :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
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