The Dropbox API v2 JavaScript SDK, including its upload methods, can be run either client-side (such as in JavaScript in the browser) or server-side (such as in Node.js). If something isn’t working for you though, please share the code and output so we can take a look.īy the way, note that this is not exactly tied to whether or not you’re running client-side or server-side. I can’t offer help with “formidable”, as that’s not made by Dropbox, but for example, you should technically be able to pass a ReadStream object to a Dropbox upload method, such as filesUpload or filesUploadSessionAppendV2, to supply the data to upload that way.

We don’t currently have documentation or an example of this, but I believe the Dropbox JavaScript SDK should accept streams for uploads in Node now. What platform are you using? (if applicable) Node.js.Are you using Javascript or Typescript? JS.What version of the language are you using? ES-2021.What version of the SDK are you using? 10.4.3.

This is especially critically when we’re talking about uploading big files, which application server can’t handle in the RAM in whole. Is there any way to forward an uploading file directly to Dropbox and minimize an application server CPU & RAM overloading? I’ve found a thread from 2017: Url of the file instead of a buffer in uploadSessionAppendV2?, where it is stated: «No, unfortunately the API v2 JavaScript SDK only supports supplying the file content as string or buffer, but I’ll be sure to pass this along as a feature request.» Are there any changes since that time?Īs a middleware, I’m using formidable, which contains fileWriteStreamHandler: «If you are looking to write the file uploaded in other types of cloud storages (AWS S3, Azure blob storage, Google cloud storage) or private file storage, this is the option you’re looking for.» This is critical in case of big files, which can’t be stored as a buffer on the application server in a whole. I want to implement a direct file uploading from a client to the Dropbox without a need of creating a buffer on the application server. Have you checked StackOverflow, previous issues, and Dropbox Developer Forums for help?

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