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Is it possible to copy file by id and specify filename
I'm using the copy_v2 endpoint and I see that you can pass in file ids instead of paths, but is it possible to update the filename at the same time?
Thanks!
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- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
If you're referring to the file specified in 'from_path', not the copy_v2 endpoint doesn't offer a way to simultaneously rename that one.
If you're referring to the file specified in 'to_path', you can either specify a path with the destination path and name you want, or specify a file ID along with 'autorename:true' to have Dropbox automatically rename the resulting copy, since the file ID would already refer to something anyway. I was able to solve this by setting to_path = parentFileId/fileName
As a follow up, are there any plans to make the create_folder endpoint work with file ids in the same way, for instance, by setting path = parentFileId/fileName?
- Greg-DBThanks for following up. I'm glad to hear you found the solution you were looking for.
I'm not aware of any plans to update create_folder to support file ID-relative paths like that, but I'll pass this along as a feature request.
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