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vineet
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6 years ago

Rename file via web api

Hello team ,                      I want to rename a file or folder via web API. I am not able to find sepecific api for renaming. please help 
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Greg-DB
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6 years ago

vineet Здравко is correct, to rename a file via the API, you should use /2/files/move_v2. To rename a file, you should include the full path and file name for the old path/name and new path/name in the 'from_path' and 'to_path' parameters, respectively. You don't need to change any parent path components though. For example, you could specify "/Documents/oldname.ext" and "/Documents/newname.ext" to rename a file in the "Documents" folder.

 

By the way, that's a link to the documentation for the HTTPS endpoints themselves, but we recommend using one of the official SDKs if possible. Those have corresponding native methods for the HTTPS endpoints. 

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