allow file upload process to create new version of file if it exists

frontend/src/components/object/ObjectUpload.vue

@@ -55,12 +55,17 @@ const onUpload = async (event: any) => {
 
           const data = formData.find((x: ObjectMetadataTagFormType) => x.filename === file.name);
 
-          await objectStore.createObject(
+          const response = await objectStore.createObject(
             file,
             { metadata: data?.metadata },
             { bucketId: bucketId, tagset: data?.tagset },
             { timeout: 0 } // Infinite timeout for big files upload to avoid timeout error
           );
+
+          // show toast for any object updates
+          if (response?.newVersionId) toast.info(
+            `A new version of file '${file.name}' has been created`,'', { life: 0 });
+
           successfulFiles.value.push(file);
         } catch (error: any) {
           toast.error(`Failed to upload file ${file.name}`, error, { life: 0 });

frontend/src/store/objectStore.ts

@@ -66,8 +66,20 @@ export const useObjectStore = defineStore('object', () => {
       await objectService.createObject(object, headers, params, axiosOptions);
     } catch(error: any) {
       if (error.response?.status === 409){
-        throw new Error(error.response.data.detail);
-      } else {
+        // New behaviour:
+        // if file already exists in bucket
+        // do updateObject operation instead
+        const newVersionId = await updateObject(
+          error.response.data.existingObjectId,
+          object,
+          headers,
+          params,
+          axiosOptions
+        );
+        return { newVersionId: newVersionId };
+      }
+
+      else {
         throw new Error('Network error');
       }
     } finally {