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Upload String to Dropbox

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Uploads a string to a file on Dropbox. This example can upload content up to 150MB, assuming a 150MB string fits in memory for your app. Larger files must be uploaded with an upload session (upload_session/start).

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    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.

    rest := chilkat.NewRest()

    // Connect to Dropbox
    success = rest.Connect("content.dropboxapi.com",443,true,true)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(rest.LastErrorText())
        rest.DisposeRest()
        return
    }

    // Add request headers.
    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/octet-stream")
    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": "/jack.txt",
    //    "mode": "add",
    //    "autorename": true,
    //    "mute": false
    // }

    // This will be the content of the file created in Dropbox.
    content := "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"

    json := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    json.AppendString("path","/jack.txt")
    json.AppendString("mode","add")
    json.AppendBool("autorename",true)
    json.AppendBool("mute",false)
    rest.AddHeader("Dropbox-API-Arg",*json.Emit())

    // 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".

    responseStr := rest.FullRequestString("POST","/2/files/upload",content)
    if rest.LastMethodSuccess() == false {
        fmt.Println(rest.LastErrorText())
        rest.DisposeRest()
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    // When successful, Dropbox responds with a 200 response code.
    if rest.ResponseStatusCode() != 200 {
        // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
        fmt.Println("response status code = ", rest.ResponseStatusCode())
        fmt.Println("response status text = ", rest.ResponseStatusText())
        fmt.Println("response header: ", rest.ResponseHeader())
        fmt.Println("response body (if any): ", *responseStr)
        fmt.Println("---")
        fmt.Println("LastRequestStartLine: ", rest.LastRequestStartLine())
        fmt.Println("LastRequestHeader: ", rest.LastRequestHeader())
        rest.DisposeRest()
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("LastRequestHeader: ", rest.LastRequestHeader())

    // The response is JSON.
    jsonResp := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    jsonResp.SetEmitCompact(false)
    jsonResp.Load(*responseStr)

    // Show the JSON response.
    fmt.Println(*jsonResp.Emit())

    // Returns JSON that looks like this:
    // { 
    //  "name": "jack.txt",
    //  "path_lower": "/jack.txt",
    //  "path_display": "/jack.txt",
    //  "id": "id:yqx4-tE_NKAAAAAAAAAAAQ",
    //  "client_modified": "2016-06-02T20:42:11Z",
    //  "server_modified": "2016-06-02T20:42:11Z",
    //  "rev": "8482db15f",
    //  "size": 42
    // }

    // Sample code to get data from the JSON response:
    size := jsonResp.IntOf("size")
    fmt.Println("size = ", size)

    rev := jsonResp.StringOf("rev")
    fmt.Println("rev = ", *rev)

    clientModified := jsonResp.StringOf("client_modified")
    ckdt := chilkat.NewCkDateTime()
    ckdt.SetFromTimestamp(*clientModified)
    bLocalTime := true
    dt := chilkat.NewDtObj()
    ckdt.ToDtObj(bLocalTime,dt)

    fmt.Println(dt.Day(), "/", dt.Month(), "/", dt.Year(), " ", dt.Hour(), ":", dt.Minute())

    rest.DisposeRest()
    json.DisposeJsonObject()
    jsonResp.DisposeJsonObject()
    ckdt.DisposeCkDateTime()
    dt.DisposeDtObj()