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Attempt to rename drive file/folder “not found” (409)
After reading the documentation here to rename an item, I'm not sure why I am getting a “not found” (409).
Here is the data of the item provided by https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/list_folder
Screenshot of the list_folder API response
Interesting that “id:” is prefixed in the string. As expected, I do get a 400 response because it does not match '[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+'
Going back to the requirements detailed in the docs, I took “id:” out to become “a_nxjuJ9zcUAAAAAAAAACQ”.
Screenshot of the request
I get back this 409 response.
I also tried removing “id:a” to “_nxjuJ9zcUAAAAAAAAACQ”, and when that didn't work, I removed “id:a_” and it still responded it couldn't be found. I thought perhaps because it's a folder, that's why, but even a PNG file could not be found/renamed either.
The /2/file_requests/update endpoint is for updating "file requests", not actual files/folders.
To rename a file or folder, you should use /2/files/move_v2. When supplying the "id" of a file or folder, supply it exactly as given. That is, do not remove the "id:" prefix or otherwise modify the value. To rename a folder, you would pass in the "id" as the "from_path" parameter, and the new path/name as the "to_path" parameter.
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- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
The /2/file_requests/update endpoint is for updating "file requests", not actual files/folders.
To rename a file or folder, you should use /2/files/move_v2. When supplying the "id" of a file or folder, supply it exactly as given. That is, do not remove the "id:" prefix or otherwise modify the value. To rename a folder, you would pass in the "id" as the "from_path" parameter, and the new path/name as the "to_path" parameter.
Thank you! Confirmed this works.
Screenshot of response (200)
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