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vherasme
Explorer | Level 4
6 years ago

Error when uploading to folder - Python client

Hello. I am trying to upload a file using this Python code: with open("{} - my-file-name.xlsx".format( datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d')), "rb") as f: dbx.files_upload( f.read()...
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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
6 years ago

Hi vherasme,

Seems the file already exists. If I have to bet, You probably make erroneous upload instead update. :wink:

Hope this gives some direction.

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    Greg-DB
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    6 years ago

    That's correct, that 'path/conflict/file' indicates the upload failed because there's already a file at the specified path. You can find this WriteConflictError error in the documentation here.

    You can control the conflict behavior via the `mode` and `autorename` parameters for the `files_upload` method. The documentation there has more information about the different options and what they do.

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