Graph Upload .conflictBehavior rename works but not replace

Question

Hello,

I have a python application to upload an html file that has been generated and it works to upload the first time. If I want to replace the file however, the upload fails. I have tried setting the @microsoft.graph.conflictBehavior to "replace" but that doesn't work, however using "rename" does rename the old file and then allows uploading of the new one but I don't want to do that, I simply want to replace the existing file so I don't end up with a lot of extra files that have to be cleaned up.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi Mark Fisher

Thanks for reaching out.

The issue might be because of some file checkout thing. Could you please refer to the following

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1611304/how-to-replace-a-file-using-graph-api

To replace a file in SPO using Graph API we must follow 2 steps, such as:

1. call a PUT API with which the file get's uploaded.
   1. Here the original file with same name enter into a check out phase
2. call a POST API with checkin property and a JSON as body including "comment" attribute and a value to preserve file history

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1184008/sharepoint-check-in-check-out-issue

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