# Cant upload a new library **URL:** \ **Category:** Libraries\ **Created:** [November 2, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951 "2018-11-02T14:49:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Postler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/postler/32/13693_2.png) [@Postler](https://community.particle.io/u/Postler)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951/1 "2018-11-02T14:49:32Z")
I am on the stage to [upload a new private library](https://docs.particle.io/tutorials/device-os/libraries/#uploading-a-private-version) via CLI, but get an authorization error from CLI like this: `particle library upload` HTTP error 401 from [https://api.particle.io/v1/libraries](https://api.particle.io/v1/libraries) - The access token provided is invalid. How can I give CLI my token? At the end I like to share the Pixy2-libs from [pixycam.com](https://pixycam.com/downloads-pixy2/) ---
**Author:** ![nrobinson2000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/nrobinson2000/32/15624_2.png) [@nrobinson2000](https://community.particle.io/u/nrobinson2000)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951/2 "2018-11-02T14:51:33Z")
Are you logged into the cli? The token saved on your computer could be expired. Try logging in again. ```auto particle login ``` ---
**Author:** ![Postler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/postler/32/13693_2.png) [@Postler](https://community.particle.io/u/Postler)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951/3 "2018-11-02T14:57:00Z")
worked! - Now the next step: > You are not the owner of this library I think it will be noticed that this is not the identical email address specified in the properties. Actually, I'm not the publisher of Lib, but I just want to make it accessible to Particle users. ---
**Author:** ![nrobinson2000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/nrobinson2000/32/15624_2.png) [@nrobinson2000](https://community.particle.io/u/nrobinson2000)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951/4 "2018-11-02T14:57:59Z")
Ping @rickkas7 @ScruffR ---
**Author:** ![ScruffR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/scruffr/32/6952_2.png) [@ScruffR](https://community.particle.io/u/ScruffR)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951/5 "2018-11-02T15:07:14Z")
It someone else has uploaded a library with the same name (even only private) you cannot upload a library with that same name. You either need to rename your library or file a PR on the original contributors repository and hope it’ll be merged and updated by him. @Postler, if you can provide the exact library name (stated in `library.properties`) @rickkas7 may be able to look up who has already claimed that name. ---
**Author:** ![Postler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/postler/32/13693_2.png) [@Postler](https://community.particle.io/u/Postler)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951/6 "2018-11-02T15:23:19Z")
Content of library.properties: name=Pixy2 version=1.0.3 author=cmucam@cs.cmu.edu license=GNU sentence=Library to use the Pixy v2 camera with Particle-Devices Pixycam5 for Pixy v1 is available in the Libs. I can provide you with my prepared file structure if this helps. ---
**Author:** ![ScruffR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/scruffr/32/6952_2.png) [@ScruffR](https://community.particle.io/u/ScruffR)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951/7 "2018-11-02T15:44:39Z")
Ingo, I do remember helping @hasanals with the Pixy2 library a [while back](https://community.particle.io/t/pixy2-connection-to-photon/44362). Maybe he has claimed the library name but didn’t get round to publishing the lib. But I can’t be sure as I have no access to the private libraries list. ---
**Author:** ![rickkas7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/rickkas7/32/8681_2.png) [@rickkas7](https://community.particle.io/u/rickkas7)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951/8 "2018-11-02T17:30:19Z")
I can’t seem to find an existing library named Pixy2, but since it’s not letting you create it, I’d just switch to a different name. ---
**Author:** ![Postler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/postler/32/13693_2.png) [@Postler](https://community.particle.io/u/Postler)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951/9 "2018-11-02T22:12:26Z")
I get the same error from CLI as before: > You are not the owner of this library after I tested with another library name "Pixy2 CMUcam" and changed the E-Mail to mine. In both cases I got the same message, after upload. ---
**Author:** ![ScruffR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/scruffr/32/6952_2.png) [@ScruffR](https://community.particle.io/u/ScruffR)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 4:24am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951/10 "2018-11-03T04:24:33Z")
No blanks in the library name! That’s the reason why you see so many libraries with `_` where you’d normally use a blank. After all, the library name is also the name of the main `.h` and `.cpp` files and as such they mustnot contain blanks. Since a blank breaks the library name, your “new” name is still `Pixy2`. ---
**Author:** ![Postler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/postler/32/13693_2.png) [@Postler](https://community.particle.io/u/Postler)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 10:24am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951/11 "2018-11-03T10:24:23Z")
Does not work yet. Have tried the following changes in library.properties: - name = Pixy2 (I started with that name) - name = Pixy2\_CMUcam (with underscore) - name = Pixy2\_CMUcam + renamed src/Pixy2.h \> src/Pixy2\_CMUcam.h How does the importer know that I am not the owner of the Lib? ---
**Author:** ![ScruffR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/scruffr/32/6952_2.png) [@ScruffR](https://community.particle.io/u/ScruffR)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 10:57am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951/12 "2018-11-03T10:57:27Z")
Being the owner of the lib only depends on who - or rather which account - has uploaded a lib with that very name. There is no connection between the `URL`, `Repository` or `Author` field of `library.properties`. I guess the error messages for your three tries did slightly vary, so it would have been good to state each of the individual responses too. ---
**Author:** ![Postler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/postler/32/13693_2.png) [@Postler](https://community.particle.io/u/Postler)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 11:49am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951/13 "2018-11-03T11:49:29Z")
I got no individual errors: always the same how above, ScruffR > You are not the owner of this library ---
**Author:** ![ScruffR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/scruffr/32/6952_2.png) [@ScruffR](https://community.particle.io/u/ScruffR)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951/14 "2018-11-03T12:31:41Z")
Try some other name again, but now right from the start with the name consistently set in `library.properties`, header `.h` and `.cpp` file. Maybe you were just “lucky” to _again_ pick a name that was already taken. Otherwise you can send me a zip file of your library and I’ll try to upload it. * * * _Update:_ After receiving @Postler’s zip file the reason for the issue became clear quite quickly. The `library.properties` file was invalid but the error message given by CLI was rather misleading. After correcting the format of the file I was able to upload the library as Pixy2. Currently the library hasn’t been made public. ---
**Author:** ![Postler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/postler/32/13693_2.png) [@Postler](https://community.particle.io/u/Postler)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951/15 "2018-11-04T15:31:31Z")
At the moment I prepared the file-structure on a Windows-PC with renewing the lib.prop-file. I wanted to upload, but I cant authenticate my login with a token. ![cli_login](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/particle/original/3X/9/a/9a8b8fa7f31585595337d0ec5d1264170a46c1f8.JPG) On MacOS I get the question with e-mail, password AND Token (Pls enter a login code). This is on Windows missing - using CLI v1.23.0. ---
**Author:** ![ScruffR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/scruffr/32/6952_2.png) [@ScruffR](https://community.particle.io/u/ScruffR)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951/16 "2018-11-04T15:50:06Z")
Your CLI is rather old which most likely doesn’t support multifactor authentication. Currently we are at 1.35.2 Try updating via `particle update-cli` and then try again. ---
**Author:** ![Postler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/postler/32/13693_2.png) [@Postler](https://community.particle.io/u/Postler)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951/17 "2018-11-04T16:15:32Z")
I cant, ScruffR. ![cli_login](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/particle/original/3X/7/2/726179bc3cd60e2eceedb27763aa1d7c4814ec48.JPG) There are 3 tools (boom, cryptiles, hoek) out of maintanance. Could be the problem? Update: I´m deleting CLI (npm uninstall -g particle-cli) and install the Windows-CLI by [following this guide](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-update/27512/2). Now v1.35.2 is available and login with token works. ---
**Author:** ![Postler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/postler/32/13693_2.png) [@Postler](https://community.particle.io/u/Postler)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951/18 "2018-11-04T16:58:51Z")
Until one error I cleaned up the code: Error: Pixy2.h:31:77: ‘SPISettings’ was not declared in this scope Here the prepared example with manual included files for review: [https://go.particle.io/shared\_apps/5bdf24a55e1b657fac000997](https://go.particle.io/shared_apps/5bdf24a55e1b657fac000997) ---
**Author:** ![ScruffR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/scruffr/32/6952_2.png) [@ScruffR](https://community.particle.io/u/ScruffR)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951/19 "2018-11-04T19:52:59Z")
You need to add `#include "Arduino.h"` in order to get `SPISettings` - don’t ask, I’ve had discussions about that to no avail 🙈 ---
**Author:** ![Postler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/postler/32/13693_2.png) [@Postler](https://community.particle.io/u/Postler)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/cant-upload-a-new-library/44951/20 "2018-11-04T22:03:58Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/particle/original/3X/9/1/91c16813c216c4521a4681e58919ffbb5caa718e.png) Edited and successful uploaded as private library! So where exactly do I find the private library to test before I share? The documentation says that I could also access via WebIDE. I can not find them now - too late for the eyes? Update: After a while the entry appears: ![lib2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/particle/original/3X/2/1/21bcebc41ae6975e50a00272509d199e6b05ed1e.JPG)