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elsigh
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7 years ago

dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload response object missing the item `.tag` key/value

I'm saving a text file in "overwrite" mode, but the response object I get back for the item is missing it's `.tag` property (here, it should be file).

 

Example (bits copied from chrome dev console)

 

Request URL:
Dropbox-API-Arg:
`{"autorename":false,"mode":{".tag":"overwrite"},"mute":true,"path":"/songbook/Aeroplane over the Sea.pro"}`
 
Response:
```
{"name": "Aeroplane over the Sea.pro", "path_lower": "/songbook/aeroplane over the sea.pro", "path_display": "/SongBook/Aeroplane over the Sea.pro", "parent_shared_folder_id": "1397796772", "id": "id:HvHBCmOrUnAAAAAAAAAAbw", "client_modified": "2018-07-10T06:10:29Z", "server_modified": "2018-07-10T06:10:30Z", "rev": "1f15350afa4", "size": 1670, "sharing_info": {"read_only": false, "parent_shared_folder_id": "1397796772", "modified_by": "dbid:AAC7xJh2VcDvncsSSMKnV9xJNEFqtltu0i4"}, "content_hash": "5c4350e6e6ed022b9f1a8f08ba159d10632939f0255735224fccafe899288773"}
```
 
Prior response when doing a list_folder returned that file object like this:
```
{".tag":"file","name":"Aeroplane over the Sea.pro","path_lower":"/songbook/aeroplane over the sea.pro","path_display":"/SongBook/Aeroplane over the Sea.pro","parent_shared_folder_id":"1397796772","id":"id:HvHBCmOrUnAAAAAAAAAAbw","client_modified":"2018-07-10T06:10:29Z","server_modified":"2018-07-10T06:10:30Z","rev":"1f15350afa4","size":1670,"sharing_info":{"read_only":false,"parent_shared_folder_id":"1397796772","modified_by":"dbid:AAC7xJh2VcDvncsSSMKnV9xJNEFqtltu0i4"},"content_hash":"5c4350e6e6ed022b9f1a8f08ba159d10632939f0255735224fccafe899288773"}```
(notice the above has a `.tag` property)
 
I'm writing a web application and blindly trying to use the dropbox response objects as the source of truth. 
The problem is that if I lose `.tag` in the API responses, when I try to save a second time I get a `409` error for `/upload` - when `.tag` is set to file it works.
 
 

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