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File Conflicts in Zip Download, provide our own file names to avoid conflicts

  • May 22, 2025
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Hello, curious if a developer feature exists. I don't see if officially on the API docs and hoping it's undocumented feature.

For the Create Zip Download API call, there's an issue with files with name conflicts being renamed randomly. Instead, could we provide our own file name for the file name conflicts? https://developer.box.com/reference/post-zip-downloads/#request-example

Example:

  • Folder A / Tacos.jpg
  • Folder B / Tacos.jpg

Result:

  • 1st filename = Folder A - Tacos.jpg
  • 2nd filename = Folder B - Tacos.jpg

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Hi Tyler

This is a good suggestion. Please use our official product feedback channel https://pulse.box.com for this as it is much more likely to be picked up by our product managers as they use this to build future roadmap. 

Rgds,
Peter Christensen, Platform Solutions Engineer, Box