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Akshata G.'s avatar
Akshata G.
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9 years ago

API fails to autorename the files with large file size

Hi, I am facing issue with autorenaming of uploaded files. The API fails to autorename the files with large file size where as the smaller files are getting renamed properly. Details of the issue...
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Steve M.'s avatar
Steve M.
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9 years ago

My guess would be that you have a "path" arg of "modified.jpg", and the contents of that file are not the same as the contents of "new.txt" (the file you're uploading).

Each time you make this API call, the contents of "new.txt" still don't match the original "modified.jpg", so there's a conflict and your upload gets renamed. The rename won't happen if you're uploading content that's identical to what's already at the target path.

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