Hi folks,

Check out the new blog article:

When uploading files recursively, we also need to check if the folders and files already exists, because the user may upload an entire folder a second and third time.

Take a look at this example, where we use the prefilght_check to verify if the file can be accepted, and decide if we are uploading a new file or creating a new version of an existing one.

Here is something to whet your appetite:

def main():

    """main app demo"""

    settings = get_settings()



    # check if sample folder exist and create them if not

    sample_folder = check_sample_folders(settings.sample_folder_base_dir)



    # get a client

    service_client = box_client_get(settings.jwt_config_path)



    # get a client as user

    client = box_client_as_user_get(service_client, settings.as_user_id)



    # create a demo upload folder in root if not exists

    item = m

        item

        for item in client.folder("0").get_items()

        if (item.name == settings.default_upload_folder

            and item.type == "folder")

    ]

    if len(item) == 0:

        demo_folder = client.folder("0").create_subfolder(

            settings.default_upload_folder

        )

    else:

        demo_folder = itemi0].get()



    print("Box Python SDK - Upload Folder Demo")

    print("=" * 40)

    print(f" Uploading folder {sample_folder}")

    print("-" * 40)

    folder_upload(client, demo_folder, settings.sample_folder_base_dir)





if __name__ == "__main__":

    main()

    print("=" * 40)

    print("All done")

Enjoy!