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Dropbox File Streaming Upload

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Upload a file to Drobox using a file stream. This example can upload files up to 150MB. Larger files must be uploaded with an upload session (upload_session/start).

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<%
success = 0

' 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.

set rest = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

' Connect to Dropbox
success = rest.Connect("content.dropboxapi.com",443,1,1)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Add request headers.
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/octet-stream")
success = rest.AddHeader("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
' }

set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.AppendString("path","/Homework/lit/hamlet.xml")
success = json.AppendString("mode","add")
success = json.AppendBool("autorename",1)
success = json.AppendBool("mute",0)
success = rest.AddHeader("Dropbox-API-Arg",json.Emit())

' Almost ready to go...
' Let's setup a file stream to point to a file.
set fileStream = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Stream")
fileStream.SourceFile = "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 = rest.FullRequestStream("POST","/2/files/upload",fileStream)
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' When successful, Dropbox responds with a 200 response code.
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    ' Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "response status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "response status text = " & rest.ResponseStatusText) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "response body (if any): " & responseStr) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "---") & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "LastRequestStartLine: " & rest.LastRequestStartLine) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "LastRequestHeader: " & rest.LastRequestHeader) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' The response is JSON.
set jsonResp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
jsonResp.EmitCompact = 0
success = jsonResp.Load(responseStr)

' Show the JSON response.
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( jsonResp.Emit()) & "</pre>"

' 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 = jsonResp.IntOf("size")
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "size = " & size) & "</pre>"

rev = jsonResp.StringOf("rev")
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "rev = " & rev) & "</pre>"

clientModified = jsonResp.StringOf("client_modified")
set ckdt = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.CkDateTime")
success = ckdt.SetFromTimestamp(clientModified)
bLocalTime = 1
set dt = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.DtObj")
ckdt.ToDtObj bLocalTime,dt

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( dt.Day & "/" & dt.Month & "/" & dt.Year & " " & dt.Hour _
     & ":" & dt.Minute) & "</pre>"

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