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Folder content: must names be unique?

  • May 21, 2025
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I'm planning on using the Python SDK to do simple things like upload and download files.  It seems like the right way to get to a particular folder is by walking along the path.

 

When i get the contents of a folder, may I assume that the names of the items contained are unique?  E.g. would it be possible for a file and a folder to have the same name?

    DonHammons

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    Hello ,

     

    yes, the names are unique identifiers.

     

    If you try to create a folder with the same name an error will be returned.

    In the case of a document it will generate a new version of it.

    You can not have a folder and a file with the same name. That is quite an improbable situation but... I have created a folder named test.docx and when I tried to upload a word document called test and with that extension is failing.

     

    Thanks

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    Thanks for the excellent, detailed reply!

     

    I only asked about folder and file to indicate that the question was intended to cover all edge cases.

     

    Cheers

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