Check job status: how often and for how long

Question

Hi,

I understand that some operations can be asynchronous (eg, /2/sharing/share_folder or /2/sharing/remove_folder_member).

My question is: how often should I check for the job status (/2/sharing/check_job/status) ? And for how long until it can be considered failed?

Greg-DB · Accepted Answer

There isn't a specific period you should use when polling a job status like this, but in general just a few seconds would be reasonable, say 1-3 seconds between calls to check. If you know it's a particularly large job and may take longer, you might want to make that a little longer.

If any particular job fails, the result should come back as 'failed'. Be sure to check the relevant documentation, e.g., for /2/sharing/check_job_status or /2/sharing/check_share_job_status, for the full information. Any particular job shouldn't stay 'in_progress' permanently, but if something does seem to be permanently stuck as 'in_progress', let us know so we can investigate.