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Batch copy within Dropbox gives an error
Hello All! I am using Dropbox Javascript SDK to manage my files within Dropbox. I have come across a scenario where I need to copy 1 or many files (depends) into a single folder. For this, I ...
Yes, you can use this filesCopyBatchV2 method to copy files from multiple different locations into one folder. When doing so though, each 'to_path' shouldn't all be exactly the same. The 'to_path's can all be inside the same folder, but they should include the different file names so they don't conflict with each other.
Greg-DB
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Dropbox Community ModeratorThis 'failure/relocation_error/to/conflict/folder' error indicates that the operation failed because there is already a folder at the destination path you specified.
Note that when specifying a destination path like this, you should specify the full path where you want to put the item, including both the path of the parent folder, as well as the desired name of the file/folder itself.
In your code, you're setting the destination as `'/Destination/' + randomNum ` for each `file`, and you mentioned "the destination would be the same", so it sounds like this error is to be expected. You will need to set a distinct `to_path` for each item. For example, perhaps you want to do something like:
to_path: '/Destination/' + randomNum + '/' + file
Thank you for replying.
Is there any way that I can copy all the files from different paths into a same destination folder? I do not want to end up having so many folders created at the destination for each file that I am copying.
Does Dropbox have an API which supports this method?
Thank you again
- Greg-DB
Yes, you can use this filesCopyBatchV2 method to copy files from multiple different locations into one folder. When doing so though, each 'to_path' shouldn't all be exactly the same. The 'to_path's can all be inside the same folder, but they should include the different file names so they don't conflict with each other.
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