Lua

Download File from Dropbox into a String Variable

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Demonstrates how to download a file from Dropbox directly into a string variable. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- 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.

local rest = chilkat.Rest.new()

-- Connect to Dropbox
local success = rest:connect("content.dropboxapi.com", 443, true, true)
if not success then
    print(rest.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Add request headers.
rest:add_header("Authorization", "Bearer DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN")

-- The download "parameters" are contained in JSON passed in an HTTP request header.
-- This is the JSON indicating the file to be downloaded:
-- {
--    "path": "/jack.txt",
-- }

local json = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
json:append_string("path", "/jack.txt")
rest:add_header("Dropbox-API-Arg", json:emit())

-- The content of the file on Dropbox is returned.
local fileContent = rest:full_request_no_body("POST", "/2/files/download")
if not rest.last_method_success then
    print(rest.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- When successful, Dropbox responds with a 200 response code.
if rest.response_status_code ~= 200 then
    -- Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    print("response status code = " .. rest.response_status_code)
    print("response status text = " .. rest.response_status_text)
    print("response header: " .. rest.response_header)
    print("response body (if any): " .. fileContent)
    print("---")
    print("LastRequestStartLine: " .. rest.last_request_start_line)
    print("LastRequestHeader: " .. rest.last_request_header)
    return
end

-- Show the file content that was downloaded:
print(fileContent)
print("----")

-- Information about the downloaded file is also available as JSON in a response header.
-- The "dropbox-api-result" response header contains the information.  For example:
local apiResult = rest:response_hdr_by_name("dropbox-api-result")
print(apiResult)

-- In this case, the pretty-formatted dropbox-api-result JSON 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
-- }

-- Load the JSON, pretty-print it, and demonstrate how to get some values...
local jsonResult = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
jsonResult.emit_compact = false
jsonResult:load(apiResult)
-- Show the JSON pretty-printed...
print(jsonResult:emit())

-- Sample code to get data from the JSON response:
local size = jsonResult:int_of("size")
print("size = " .. size)

local rev = jsonResult:string_of("rev")
print("rev = " .. rev)

local clientModified = jsonResult:string_of("client_modified")
local ckdt = chilkat.DateTime.new()
ckdt:set_from_timestamp(clientModified)
local bLocalTime = true
local dt = chilkat.DtObj.new()
ckdt:to_dt_obj(bLocalTime, dt)

print(dt.day .. "/" .. dt.month .. "/" .. dt.year .. " " .. dt.hour .. ":" .. dt.minute)