Title: Errors Uploading to Dropbox
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Errors Uploading to Dropbox

 *  [jockoe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jockoe/)
 * (@jockoe)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-uploading-to-dropbox-1/)
 * I’m getting various errorrs, all dealing with “Uploading to Dropbox”. Here’s 
   the section of my log that contains the errors. I’ve put them in bold.
 * [17-Apr-2013 15:50:40] Uploading to Dropbox …
    **[17-Apr-2013 15:50:49] WARNING:(
   503) Service unavailable. Retrying. [17-Apr-2013 15:51:50] ERROR: Dropbox API:(
   52) Empty reply from server [17-Apr-2013 15:51:51] 2. Try to send backup file
   to Dropbox … [17-Apr-2013 15:51:51] Authenticated with Dropbox of user Nifty 
   Web Designs (tracy@niftywebdesigns.com) [17-Apr-2013 15:51:51] 3.23 GB available
   on your Dropbox [17-Apr-2013 15:51:51] Uploading to Dropbox … [17-Apr-2013 15:
   51:52] ERROR: Dropbox API: (52) Empty reply from server [17-Apr-2013 15:51:52]
   3. Try to send backup file to Dropbox … [17-Apr-2013 15:51:53] Authenticated 
   with Dropbox of user Nifty Web Designs (tracy@niftywebdesigns.com) [17-Apr-2013
   15:51:53] 3.23 GB available on your Dropbox [17-Apr-2013 15:51:53] Uploading 
   to Dropbox … [17-Apr-2013 15:52:03] ERROR: Dropbox API: (502) Invalid response.[
   17-Apr-2013 15:52:03] Job done in 252 seconds.
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 *  [donhoward](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donhoward/)
 * (@donhoward)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-uploading-to-dropbox-1/#post-3669401)
 * I am having the same problem with Error 52:
 * [21-Jun-2013 07:29:52] Uploading to Dropbox …
    **[21-Jun-2013 07:30:53] ERROR:
   Dropbox API: (52) Empty reply from server** [21-Jun-2013 07:30:53] 2. Try to 
   send backup file to Dropbox … [21-Jun-2013 07:30:53] Authenticated with Dropbox
   of user Don Howard (########) [21-Jun-2013 07:30:53] 8.77 GB available on your
   Dropbox [21-Jun-2013 07:30:53] Uploading to Dropbox … **[21-Jun-2013 07:31:54]
   ERROR: Dropbox API: (52) Empty reply from server** [21-Jun-2013 07:31:54] 3. 
   Try to send backup file to Dropbox … [21-Jun-2013 07:31:54] Authenticated with
   Dropbox of user Don Howard (#######`) [21-Jun-2013 07:31:54] 8.77 GB available
   on your Dropbox [21-Jun-2013 07:31:54] Uploading to Dropbox … **[21-Jun-2013 
   07:32:58] ERROR: Dropbox API: (52) Empty reply from server** [21-Jun-2013 07:
   32:58] 1. Trying to optimize database … [21-Jun-2013 07:32:58] Result of MyISAM
   table optimize for wp_ai1ec_event_category_colors is: Table is already up to 
   date
 *  Thread Starter [jockoe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jockoe/)
 * (@jockoe)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-uploading-to-dropbox-1/#post-3669402)
 * What version of BackWPup are you running? Version 3.0.12 cleared up my problem.
 * Also… I use PclZip for “Method for creating ZIP archive”, under Settings > Jobs.
   That cleared up problems I used to have.

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 * Last reply from: [jockoe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jockoe/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/errors-uploading-to-dropbox-1/#post-3669402)
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