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Feature request: batch upload/download files

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
api

Research direction

Start by reviewing the SDK's existing upload and download entry points and how each operation establishes a connection. Define the batch API, its request and response behavior, and completion criteria before identifying the relevant tests; the issue names no files or tests.

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Description

enhancement

It would be awesome if there were a way to upload and download files in batches - having a method that wouldn't involve connection setup + teardown per file upload/download.

This would be super helpful for projects like git-remote-dropbox that transfer lots of small objects. (currently, the bottleneck is with having lots of connections and round trips to the Dropbox servers)

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