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Error when uploading to folder - Python client
Hello. I am trying to upload a file using this Python code:
with open("{} - my-file-name.xlsx".format(
datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d')), "rb") as f:
dbx.files_upload(
f.read(),
"/path/to/folder{} - my-file-name.xlsx".format(
datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d')))
And I am getting this error:
Upload to Dropbox error: ApiError('*******************', UploadError('path', UploadWriteFailed(reason=WriteError('conflict', WriteConflictError('file', None)), upload_session_id='*******************')))
Can anyone help pls?
2 Replies
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
That's correct, that 'path/conflict/file' indicates the upload failed because there's already a file at the specified path. You can find this WriteConflictError error in the documentation here.
You can control the conflict behavior via the `mode` and `autorename` parameters for the `files_upload` method. The documentation there has more information about the different options and what they do.
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