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Keith B.7
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9 years ago

Obj-C: Getting "over quota" error after session start for uploading chunks

Whenever an API call fails, I like to check to see if the user is over their usage quota, and if so, I throw up a warning that they need to delete some files or upgrade their Dropbox account. As Greg...
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Greg-DB
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9 years ago

The start and append methods don't return space errors. Only the finish calls do, as that's when the final file size is known and checked against the available quota space when attempting to commit the file. 

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    Keith B.7
    Helpful | Level 7
    9 years ago

    Ah, okay, makes sense. I was thinking that the chunks were being stored against the user's Dropbox quota so would throw the error too.

     

    Thanks,

    Keith

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