Checking if SharePoint file exists or Create with Overwrite flag

[grest]

I'd create a file with particular name or update it if such file exists already. Unfortunatelly I haven't found any way to check whether file exists or not, nor create it with ovewrite flag set to true.

[benghee]

I'm surprised this hasn't been upvoted more. Is there a solution for this that I haven't found?

[rianmil]

Need same functionality for Items in SharePoint list.

[dalamarek]

Same here, today workaround is to use getitems with OData filter and then use check with formula empty(body('get_items')?['value']). One caveeat is that Get items action has to timeout after 4 attempts to continue checking.

Alternative is to get all items and filter them or check if item exists.

Check https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Flows/Is-there-an-Exists-for-single-item-from-a-list-ac...

[Pieter_Veenstra]

I've implemented a file exist as a workaround using the get file content by path action. And then make the next step just run on failure of this check. I will create a blog post on this.

[bdc604]

Lets not forget folders. I know folders are 'old school' and unpopular these days, but they still have a use out here in the real world. I looked at my Windows directory the other day, theres fricken folders everywhere!

[ErikLm1]

Great Idé!

[FastTrack]

My flow stops in case someone renames a file and it cannot be found, an "on error resume next" block could also work for me in order to ignore this...

Found a way for "on error resume next", if you set "configure run after" to run after failure, but unfortunately the workflow is then being reported as "failed"