How to reupload a package to PyPI?

Question

I upload a package to PyPI, but I got some trouble after upload, so I delete it completely, and I tried to re-upload, but there are some error after upload again:

HTTP Error 400: This filename has previously been used, you should use a different version.

It seems PyPI can track the upload activity, I delete project and account and upload again, but I can see the previous record. Why? How can I solve the problem?

score 17 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 01 '20 at 16:28

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In short, you cannot reupload a distribution with the same name due to stability reasons. Here you can read more about this issue at https://github.com/pypa/packaging-problems/issues/74.

You need to change the distribution's file name, usually done by increasing the version number, and upload it again.

edited Apr 01 '20 at 16:28

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answered Jun 13 '17 at 09:44

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score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 12 '20 at 06:11

Yes you can reupload the package with same name.

I had faced similar issue what I did was increased the version number in setup.py and delete the folders generated by running python setup.py sdist i.e. dist and your_package_name-egg.info and again run the commands python setup.py sdist to make the package upload ready.

I think pypi tracks the repo from folder generated by sdist i.e. dist and your_package_name-egg.info so you have to delete it.

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 03 '21 at 18:58

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If you are running your local pypi server then you can use -o,--overwrite option which will allow overwriting existing package files.

pypi-server -p 8080  --overwrite  ~/packages &

answered Jun 03 '21 at 18:58

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 06 '23 at 15:10

I got the same error below:

HTTPError: 400 Bad Request from https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/
This filename has already been used, use a different version. See https://pypi.org/help/#file-name-reuse for more information.

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

twine upload 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 PyPI with the command below:

twine upload dist/*

How to reupload a package to PyPI?

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