Implementation of Box View API in Node.js gives 202 - node.js

Question

I'm currently building a node implementation of the new Box View API and I'm getting a 202 everytime I upload a document and retrieve a session. However, if I do a curl call, I dont get a 202. Is there anyone else experiencing this issue?
Here is my Ember Implementation:
export default Ember.View.extend({
document: null,
documentID: null,
session: null,
sessionID: null,
getDocument: function() {
var self = this;
return Ember.$.ajax({
url: 'http://localhost:3000/doc',
type: 'POST',
contentType: 'application/json',
dataType: 'json',
data: JSON.stringify({ "docURL": this.textField.value })
}).then(function(response){
self.set('document', response);
self.set('documentID', response.document_id);
});
},
getSession: function() {
var self = this;
return Ember.$.ajax({
url: 'http://localhost:3000/sess/',
type: 'POST',
contentType: 'application/json',
data: JSON.stringify({ "docID": this.get('documentID') })
}).
then(function(response) {
self.set('session', response);
self.set('sessionID', response.session_id);
});
}.observes('documentID'),
actions: {
upload: function() {
this.getDocument();
}
}
});
Here is my node implementation:
var https = require('https');
var requestCount = 0;
exports.doc = function(req, res) {
var docURL = req.body.docURL;
var httpReq;
var opts = {
hostname: 'view-api.box.com',
path: '/1/documents',
method: 'POST',
headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'Token <my token>' }
};
res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
httpReq = https.request(opts, function(preq, pres) {
var output = '';
preq.on('data', function(chunk) {
output += chunk;
});
preq.on('end', function() {
output = JSON.parse(output);
output.document_id = output.id;
delete output.id;
res.json(output);
});
});
httpReq.write(JSON.stringify({ "url": docURL }));
httpReq.end();
};
exports.sess = getSession;
function getSession(req, res) {
var docID = req.body.docID;
var httpReq;
var opts = {
hostname: 'view-api.box.com',
path: '/1/sessions',
method: 'POST',
headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Authorization': 'Token <my token>' }
};
res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
httpReq = https.request(opts, function(preq, pres) {
var output = '';
if(preq.statusCode === 202) {
setTimeout(function() {
console.log('Retrying Request :: Count(' + requestCount + ')');
if (requestCount >= 3) {
res.json({ 'error': "Retry Again.", 'time': preq.headers['retry-after'] });
return;
}
getSession(req, res);
requestCount += 1;
}, 2000);
return;
}
preq.on('data', function(chunk) {
output += chunk;
});
preq.on('end', function() {
console.log('Successful Request!');
requestCount = 0;
output = JSON.parse(output);
output.session_id = output.id;
delete output.id;
res.json(output);
});
});
httpReq.write(JSON.stringify({ "document_id": docID, "duration": 60 }));
httpReq.end();
}
But now I'm getting this error. Is there a UI that can help me remove the uploaded documents?
{
"message": "You have exceeded your document upload rate-limit.",
"type": "error",
"request_id": "49f8b480b304496987b8cf21f5850c90"
}

Answer 1

You have the correct approach with retry-after for sessions.
The rate limiting you're seeing is actually due to the 2-document rate limit in place for the View API beta. See the FAQ for more info.
You can use webhooks to be notified when your documents finish converting (allowing you to upload another), so you don't have to poll the /documents endpoint for status.