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how do I set my Swift Dropbox API .upload to overwrite
How do I make .upload overwrite the file if it's already in dropbox?
When my swift tries to upload an updated file, I get "API route" error if file already in dropbox.
I tried this:
let req...
[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72060987/how-can-i-overwrite-a-file-using-dropbox-api-in-ios-swift#72060987 ]
The upload method takes a 'mode' parameter, for which the value should be a Files.WriteMode, like this:
client.files.upload(path: dropbox_upload_pathname, mode: Files.WriteMode.overwrite, input: fileData) .response { response, error in if let response = response { print(response) } else if let error = error { print(error) } }For reference, you can use "overwrite", but "update" is recommended, as it's safer.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community Moderator[Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72060987/how-can-i-overwrite-a-file-using-dropbox-api-in-ios-swift#72060987 ]
The upload method takes a 'mode' parameter, for which the value should be a Files.WriteMode, like this:
client.files.upload(path: dropbox_upload_pathname, mode: Files.WriteMode.overwrite, input: fileData)
.response { response, error in
if let response = response {
print(response)
} else if let error = error {
print(error)
}
}
For reference, you can use "overwrite", but "update" is recommended, as it's safer.
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