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cloudlock
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9 months ago

HTTP 409 when using copy_reference/save

Hi team, when using copy_reference/get as admin user I get the copy_reference field of a file R and it works well. when trying to copy_reference/save R to a path P I get an error of: '{"error_summ...
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Greg-DB
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9 months ago

cloudlock Also, make sure the original file/folder still exists at the time of the save call. Otherwise, if this still isn't working for you, please open an API ticket with the following details so we can check on this specifically for you:

  • the affected app ID
  • the affected account ID
  • a sample of the full request and response for both calls; please include the parameter values but redact the access token

Thanks!

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