Delphi DLL

REST Upload Bandwidth Throttle

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Demonstrates how to use upload bandwidth throttling with the REST API. This example will upload a file to Drobox using a file stream, with a limit on the bandwidth that can be used for the transfer. Delphi DLL

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, CkDateTime, DtObj, Socket, Stream, Rest, JsonObject;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
socket: HCkSocket;
maxWaitMs: Integer;
rest: HCkRest;
json: HCkJsonObject;
fileStream: HCkStream;
responseStr: PWideChar;
jsonResp: HCkJsonObject;
size: Integer;
rev: PWideChar;
clientModified: PWideChar;
ckdt: HCkDateTime;
bLocalTime: Boolean;
dt: HCkDtObj;

begin
success := False;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// A Dropbox access token should have been previously obtained.
// Dropbox access tokens do not expire.
// See Dropbox Access Token.

// To use bandwidth throttling, the connection should be made using the socket API.
// This provides numerous properties to customize the connection, such as
// BandwidthThrottleDown, BandwidthThrottleUp, ClientIpAddress, ClintPort, Http Proxy,
// KeepAlive, PreferIpv6, RequireSslCertVerify, SoRcvBuf, SoSndBuf, SoReuseAddr,
// SOCKS proxy, TcpNoSDelay, TlsPinSet, TlsCipherSuite, SslAllowedCiphers, etc.

socket := CkSocket_Create();
maxWaitMs := 5000;
success := CkSocket_Connect(socket,'content.dropboxapi.com',443,True,maxWaitMs);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkSocket__lastErrorText(socket));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Connect Fail Reason: ' + IntToStr(CkSocket_getConnectFailReason(socket)));
    Exit;
  end;

// Set the upload bandwidth throttle rate to 50000 bytes per second.
CkSocket_putBandwidthThrottleUp(socket,50000);

rest := CkRest_Create();

// Tell the REST object to use the connected socket.
CkRest_UseConnection(rest,socket,True);

// The remainder of this example is identical to the example at:
// Dropbox File Stream Upload.

// Add request headers.
CkRest_AddHeader(rest,'Content-Type','application/octet-stream');
CkRest_AddHeader(rest,'Authorization','Bearer DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN');

// The upload "parameters" contained in JSON passed in an HTTP request header.
// This is the JSON to be added in this example:
// { 
//    "path": "/Homework/lit/hamlet.xml",
//    "mode": "add",
//    "autorename": true,
//    "mute": false
// }

json := CkJsonObject_Create();
CkJsonObject_AppendString(json,'path','/Homework/lit/hamlet.xml');
CkJsonObject_AppendString(json,'mode','add');
CkJsonObject_AppendBool(json,'autorename',True);
CkJsonObject_AppendBool(json,'mute',False);
CkRest_AddHeader(rest,'Dropbox-API-Arg',CkJsonObject__emit(json));

// Almost ready to go...
// Let's setup a file stream to point to a file.
fileStream := CkStream_Create();
CkStream_putSourceFile(fileStream,'qa_data/xml/hamlet.xml');

// Do the upload.  The URL is https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload.
// We already connected to content.dropboxapi.com using TLS (i.e. HTTPS),
// so now we only need to specify the path "/2/files/upload".

// Note: The file is streamed directly from disk.  (The entire
// file will not be loaded into memory.)
responseStr := CkRest__fullRequestStream(rest,'POST','/2/files/upload',fileStream);
if (CkRest_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastErrorText(rest));
    Exit;
  end;

// When successful, Dropbox responds with a 200 response code.
if (CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest) <> 200) then
  begin
    // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response status code = ' + IntToStr(CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest)));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response status text = ' + CkRest__responseStatusText(rest));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response header: ' + CkRest__responseHeader(rest));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response body (if any): ' + responseStr);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('---');
    Memo1.Lines.Add('LastRequestStartLine: ' + CkRest__lastRequestStartLine(rest));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('LastRequestHeader: ' + CkRest__lastRequestHeader(rest));
    Exit;
  end;

// The response is JSON.
jsonResp := CkJsonObject_Create();
CkJsonObject_putEmitCompact(jsonResp,False);
CkJsonObject_Load(jsonResp,responseStr);

// Show the JSON response.
Memo1.Lines.Add(CkJsonObject__emit(jsonResp));

// Returns JSON that looks like this:
// { 
//   "name": "hamlet.xml",
//   "path_lower": "/homework/lit/hamlet.xml",
//   "path_display": "/Homework/lit/hamlet.xml",
//   "id": "id:74FkdeNuyKAAAAAAAAAAAQ",
//   "client_modified": "2016-06-02T23:19:00Z",
//   "server_modified": "2016-06-02T23:19:00Z",
//   "rev": "9482db15f",
//   "size": 279658
// }

// Sample code to get data from the JSON response:
size := CkJsonObject_IntOf(jsonResp,'size');
Memo1.Lines.Add('size = ' + IntToStr(size));

rev := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResp,'rev');
Memo1.Lines.Add('rev = ' + rev);

clientModified := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResp,'client_modified');
ckdt := CkDateTime_Create();
CkDateTime_SetFromTimestamp(ckdt,clientModified);
bLocalTime := True;
dt := CkDtObj_Create();
CkDateTime_ToDtObj(ckdt,bLocalTime,dt);

Memo1.Lines.Add(IntToStr(CkDtObj_getDay(dt)) + '/' + IntToStr(CkDtObj_getMonth(dt)) + '/' + IntToStr(CkDtObj_getYear(dt)) + ' '
     + IntToStr(CkDtObj_getHour(dt)) + ':' + IntToStr(CkDtObj_getMinute(dt)));

CkSocket_Dispose(socket);
CkRest_Dispose(rest);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
CkStream_Dispose(fileStream);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonResp);
CkDateTime_Dispose(ckdt);
CkDtObj_Dispose(dt);

end;