pyqgis processing, grass: --overwrite does not work

Question

I have a QGIS plugin that tries to call the v.clean algorithm multiple times in a row and use the same output file each time the algorithm runs through. But even though I set the --overwrite parameter to true (as found in the grass manual), the output can't be overwritten and instead I get the error

 ERROR 1: A file system object called 'C:\Users\...\Desktop\output.gpkg' already exists.

in the QGIS log. I can still run the plugin, but only the snap algorithm of the following code will be applied to my line layer:

    output = self.dlg.directory.text()

    params_snap = {
        'input' : input_2,
        'type' : 1,
        'tool' : 1,
        'threshold' : 0.000095,
        'output': output,
        'error' : 'memory:',
        'GRASS_OUTPUT_TYPE_PARAMETER': 2
    }
    processing.run('grass7:v.clean', params_snap)

    params_break = {
        'input': input_2,
        'type': 1,
        'tool': 0,
        'threshold': 0.1,
        '-c': True,
        'output': output,
        'error': 'memory:',
        '--overwrite': True,
        'GRASS_OUTPUT_TYPE_PARAMETER': 2
    }
    processing.runAndLoadResults('grass7:v.clean', params_break)

The path and name of the ouput are from a QFileDialog. If the information is needed: The input file is a temporary file.

If I set a different output file for each part of the processing the code runs fine and without errors, but since I will use more than only two algorithms creating and deleting files over and over again will just slow the plugin down.

I use the current QGIS LTR 3.4.

Answer 1

but since I will use more than only two algorithms creating and deleting files over and over again will just slow the plugin down.

Anyway files are created and deleted whether you want it or not (see your ERROR 1 message), so if --overwrite parameter do not work - as workaround you can manually check if file exist and delete it before starting grass7:v.clean.

Here is the code:

import os
if os.path.exists(output): 
    os.remove(output)

Another workaround is to use subprocess module to call cmd variant of the command. Here is example:

import subprocess
clipper = r'D:\source\nts_index_250k.shp'
tiles = '117D 117A 116O 116P'.split()
for tile in tiles:
    warp = '''gdalwarp -cutline {clipper} -cwhere "'TILE_NAME' = '{tile}'" {infile} {outfile}'''.format(clipper=clipper,
        tile=tile,
        infile=infile,
        outfile=tile + infile
        )
    subprocess.call(warp)

EDIT 1:

If you execute this code: print(processing.algorithmHelp('grass7:v.clean')) with QGIS Python console, you may notice that --overwrite is absent in parameters description.

But if you run the same tool using QGIS interface and check for Log tab you may notice that --overwrite parameter is used somehow. That is because you may run every grass tool using cmd/shell (avoiding pyQgis API).

Here is v.clean log results: picture

EDIT 2:

Also you may try to insert string --overwrite in these paramaters:

GRASS_VECTOR_DSCO: v.out.ogr output data source options (dsco)

    Parameter type: QgsProcessingParameterString

    Accepted data types:
        - str
        - QgsProperty

GRASS_VECTOR_LCO: v.out.ogr output layer options (lco)

    Parameter type: QgsProcessingParameterString

    Accepted data types:
        - str
        - QgsProperty