When using item.update, the status returned will show True, even if a False state should be returned.
Here is an example where the filename is incorrect for an update of an Excel spreadsheet:
id <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"9d299ad2fb664e90b6bfb136396653b2"</SPAN>
item <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> GIS<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>content<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>get<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>id<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
path <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"\\\\Example\\Path\\ToSheet\\millage_info.xlxxx"</SPAN>
itemStatus <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> item<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>update<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>item_properties<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN>None<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>data<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN>path<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>metadata<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN>None<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>itemStatus<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>item<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>status<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>
<SPAN class="token boolean">True</SPAN>
<SPAN class="punctuation token">{</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'statusMessage'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'completed'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'itemId'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'9d299ad2fb664e90b6bfb136396653b2'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'status'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'completed'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">}</SPAN>
<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>Tested on Python API versions 1.0.1 and 1.2.3