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vaishali1
8 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Copy function having the from and to path issue
I am using dropbox php SDK and using copy function i am trying to copy one folder to another folder but in response i am getting following error: For copy function i am giving from path like "/test" and to path like "/abc"
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Kunnu\Dropbox\Exceptions\DropboxClientException' with message '{"error_summary": "to/conflict/folder/..", "error": {".tag": "to", "to": {".tag": "conflict", "conflict": {".tag": "folder"}}}}' in /websites/se/securerda.com.au/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/out-of-the-box/includes/dropbox-sdk/src/Dropbox/Http/Clients/DropboxGuzzleHttpClient.php:67
Stack trace:
#0 /websites/se/securerda.com.au/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/out-of-the-box/includes/dropbox-sdk/src/Dropbox/DropboxClient.php(155): Kunnu\Dropbox\Http\Clients\DropboxGuzzleHttpClient->send('https://api.dro...', 'POST', '{"from_path":"\\...', Array)
#1 /websites/se/securerda.com.au/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/out-of-the-box/includes/dropbox-sdk/src/Dropbox/Dropbox.php(247): Kunnu\Dropbox\DropboxClient->sendRequest(Object(Kunnu\Dropbox\DropboxRequest))
#2 /websites/se/securerda.com.au/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/out-of-the-box/includes/dropbox-sdk/src/Dropbox/Dropbox.php(261): Kunnu\Dropbox\Dropbox->sendRequest('POST', '/files/copy', ' in /websites/se/securerda.com.au/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/out-of-the-box/includes/dropbox-sdk/src/Dropbox/Http/Clients/DropboxGuzzleHttpClient.php on line 67
Please help me in this issue
Per the /2/files/copy_v2 documentation, a `to/conflict/folder` error indicates that the operation failed because there's a folder in the way.
In your example, that means that there's already a folder at "/abc".
Note that you need to specify the full desired destination path, including name, in `to_path`. That is, in this case, if you wanted to move the "test" folder inside the already-existing "abc" folder, your `to_path` should be "/abc/test".
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- Greg-DB8 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Per the /2/files/copy_v2 documentation, a `to/conflict/folder` error indicates that the operation failed because there's a folder in the way.
In your example, that means that there's already a folder at "/abc".
Note that you need to specify the full desired destination path, including name, in `to_path`. That is, in this case, if you wanted to move the "test" folder inside the already-existing "abc" folder, your `to_path` should be "/abc/test".
- vaishali18 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Thanks Greg for your help. My issue get sloved.
:slight_smile:
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