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Thang2000

Explorer | Level 4

2 years ago

why there is no option for write mode for move/copy files

I notice there is an option to use writemode mode=dropbox.files.WriteMode.overwrite when using uploading API ( dbx.files_upload() ), but there is no option for copying/m...

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Greg-DB

Dropbox Staff

2 years ago

Thang2000 I'll pass this along as a feature request for support for setting the write mode when moving/copying files, but I can't promise if or when that might be implemented.

Also, you can find an example of catching an API error in the Python SDK here.

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