How to upload new versions of project to PyPI with twine?

Question

I've uploaded my Python package to PyPI. But now I made new version of my package and need to upload it. I tried to make same progress which I did when upload the package first time but I got the error below:

HTTPError: 400 Client Error: File already exists. See https://pypi.org/help/#file-name-reuse for url: https://upload.pypi.org/legacy

Now, how to upload new version without any error?!

I needed to remove the extant `./dist` to upload my new version — duhaime, Aug 19 '21 at 15:13

Dustin Ingram · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-28T17:58:09.070

PyPI does not allow for the reuse of distribution filenames (project name + version number + distribution type).

This ensures that a given distribution for a given release for a given project will always resolve to the same file, and cannot be surreptitiously changed one day by the projects maintainer or a malicious party (it can only be removed).

You will need to change the version number to one that you haven't previously uploaded to PyPI.

You didn't mention how you're uploading the distribution, but if you're using twine, it's also possible you're attempting to re-upload a previously uploaded distribution. To resolve this, you can do:

$ twine upload --skip-existing dist/*

Oh I see, that I need to remove old dist in my folder.... Then there is not such an error message. — Allan Karlson, Sep 17 '20 at 15:50

score 18 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 28 '19 at 01:50

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Can get that error for following reasons:

Didn't change your version in setup.py
didn't remove your previous dist file

Solution:

Change the version number in setup.py.
Run setup file again. python setup.py bdist_wheel.
Upload only that dist file or run twine (if using). twine upload --skip-existing dist/*

As mentioned by @dustin, dist file of same name cannot be uploaded again.

edited Aug 28 '19 at 01:50

mariotomo

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answered May 25 '19 at 07:59

Nelson Sequiera

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 25 '18 at 10:34

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You need to change the version number.

answered Aug 25 '18 at 10:34

mklucz

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score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 04 '20 at 15:50

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The error seems to stem from the command:

twine upload --repository-url https://test.pypi.org/legacy/ dist/*
reusing the previous package version.

To fix this, try this:

twine upload --skip-existing --repository-url https://test.pypi.org/legacy/ 
dist/*

answered Aug 04 '20 at 15:50

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This is the correct answer (as also in other answers). Updating version number doesn't help if you have previous version built in same directory as new, since twine tries to upload all the versions found in that (dist) folder. – Vincenzooo Jul 26 '21 at 09:02

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 22 '20 at 16:34

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Make sure your dist directory is empty before running

python setup.py sdist

answered Jul 22 '20 at 16:34

Mina Gabriel

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 26 '21 at 10:40

Another way that nobody mentioned is to provide an explicit filename:

twine upload --repository testpypi --skip-existing dist/myProject-0.1.9-py3-none-any.whl

This has advantages compared to the other proposed solutions, and precisely:

while updating version number is a requirement for twine to upload the package, this doesn't prevent the program to upload everything that is the dist folder, included previously uploaded versions. It's ok if you move out the old versions, but I am not sure about possible implications.
using --skip-existing option solves the above problem, but all files are still processed, so it takes time.

I am sure there are more efficient solutions, but this is simple enough for me.

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 24 '23 at 14:54

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if you have an old dist directory, delete it before running

python setup.py bdist_wheel

reason: It contains old version files, which causes problems while uploading to PyPI using twine

answered Feb 24 '23 at 14:54

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Super Kai - Kazuya Ito · Answer 8 · 2023-06-06T15:10:11.537

I got the same error below:

HTTPError: 400 Bad Request from https://test.pypi.org/legacy/ File already exists. See https://test.pypi.org/help/#file-name-reuse for more information.

When I tried to upload a package to TestPyPI with the command below:

twine upload --repository testpypi dist/*

So, I changed version from "0.0.1" to "0.0.2" or name from "example_package_superkai" to "example_package_hyperkai" in pyproject.toml as shown below, then I removed dist folder:

# "pyproject.toml"

...
[project]
...
# version = "0.0.1"
version = "0.0.2"
...

Or:

# "pyproject.toml"

...
[project]
# name = "example_package_superkai"
name = "example_package_hyperkai"
...

Then, I ran the command below:

python -m build

Finally, I could upload a package to TestPyPI with the command below:

twine upload --repository testpypi dist/*

How to upload new versions of project to PyPI with twine?

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