Bad Request

[JoshuaGOB]

Hi, I've been uploading a dataset to our institutional repository and it had been going perfectly until it started throwing this error:

Error response when processing /Users/jgo384/Downloads/Desktop/txtfiles/1995_09se_05.txt : Bad Request
{"status":"ERROR","message":"This file already exists in the dataset. 1995_09se_05.txt"}

I've checked, that and the other files that are giving that error message are not in fact in the dataset. I'm a little perplexed since it already uploaded 1837 files without any issues. I'm attaching the latest log below. Things I've tried: use the verify flag, use the listonly flag, use the recurse flag, use all three and a combination of them together. I also regenerated the API key.

DVUploaderLog__1575320306449.log

[qqmyers]

My initial guess would be that the file that is failing has the same content as an earlier one. By default, the DVUploader checks for file existence by name, but I believe Dataverse checks the file hash and won't allow two files with the same content. So this would be consistent with the log you sent. (Using the -verify flag should make DVUploader check the hash - I think you'll get a different error in the log, but it still won't upload the file.)

One way to verify would be to upload that one file through the Dataverse web interface - if it is because the file has the same content as another in the dataset, you'll see an error there too.

FWIW - there is an open issue at Dataverse to allow files with the same content to be in the same dataset: IQSS/dataverse#4813 . Until that is acted on, if this is your issue, I don't know that there's any useful work around unless you can change the file (even a space would be enough). It would probably help w.r.t. priority if you leave a comment there.

If this isn't the problem you're having, let me know and I can dig further.