CkPython

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). CkPython

import sys
import chilkat

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.CkRest()

# Connect to Dropbox
success = rest.Connect("content.dropboxapi.com",443,True,True)
if (success == False):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# 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.CkJsonObject()
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.get_LastMethodSuccess() == False):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# When successful, Dropbox responds with a 200 response code.
if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200):
    # Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    print("response status code = " + str(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()))
    print("response status text = " + rest.responseStatusText())
    print("response header: " + rest.responseHeader())
    print("response body (if any): " + responseStr)
    print("---")
    print("LastRequestStartLine: " + rest.lastRequestStartLine())
    print("LastRequestHeader: " + rest.lastRequestHeader())
    sys.exit()

print("LastRequestHeader: " + rest.lastRequestHeader())

# The response is JSON.
jsonResp = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jsonResp.put_EmitCompact(False)
jsonResp.Load(responseStr)

# Show the JSON response.
print(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")
print("size = " + str(size))

rev = jsonResp.stringOf("rev")
print("rev = " + rev)

clientModified = jsonResp.stringOf("client_modified")
ckdt = chilkat.CkDateTime()
ckdt.SetFromTimestamp(clientModified)
bLocalTime = True
dt = chilkat.CkDtObj()
ckdt.ToDtObj(bLocalTime,dt)

print(str(dt.get_Day()) + "/" + str(dt.get_Month()) + "/" + str(dt.get_Year()) + " " + str(dt.get_Hour())\
     + ":" + str(dt.get_Minute()))