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Box.com Upload File

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Demonstrates how to upload a file to box.com. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

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

; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Important:
; See this information about Box.com Service Accounts
; Box.com will automatically generate a Service Account where the name of the account is the name of your App.� 
; When you make API calls, it is for this service account, and the files that exist and what you see are not the same as your normal account.
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

$oRest = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Rest")

;   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
$oOauth2 = ObjCreate("Chilkat.OAuth2")
$oOauth2.AccessToken = "BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN"
$oRest.SetAuthOAuth2($oOauth2)

; First, make the initial connection.
; A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many Box REST API calls.
; The auto-reconnect indicates that if the already-established HTTPS connection is closed,
; then it will be automatically re-established as needed.
Local $bAutoReconnect = True

; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
; IMPORTANT: Note that the domain is "upload.box.com", not "api.box.com"
; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
$bSuccess = $oRest.Connect("upload.box.com",443,True,$bAutoReconnect)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; The request body uses the "multipart/form-data" format to transmit two "parts". 
; The first part is called "attributes" and contains a JSON object with information about the file, including the name of the file 
; and the ID of the parent folder. The second part contains the contents of the file. 
; (Note that the name of the second "part" is ignored.)

$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","multipart/form-data")

; Provide the content for each part of the request...

; First the JSON attributes.  Use "0" for the root folder.
;   {"name":"penguins.jpg", "parent":{"id":"0"}}
$oJsonAttr = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJsonAttr.UpdateString("name","penguins.jpg")
$oJsonAttr.UpdateString("parent.id","0")

$oRest.PartSelector = "1"
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=""attributes""; ")
$oRest.SetMultipartBodyString($oJsonAttr.Emit())

$oRest.PartSelector = "2"
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=""file""; filename=""penguins.jpg""")
; "application/octet-stream" can be safely used for any type file..
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/octet-stream")

; Load the file into a binary data object, and then upload..
$oFileDataObj = ObjCreate("Chilkat.BinData")
$oFileDataObj.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/penguins.jpg")
$oRest.SetMultipartBodyBd($oFileDataObj)

; Restore the PartSelector to "0" (for safety, in case something else sends another request on this object)
$oRest.PartSelector = "0"

; Send the multipart/form-data request, which uploads the file contained in fileDataObj
Local $sResponseBody = $oRest.FullRequestMultipart("POST","/api/2.0/files/content")
If ($oRest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; A 201 is received for a successful upload
If ($oRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 201) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Box.com upload failed." & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Request header:" & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastRequestHeader & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("---" & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Response status code = " & $oRest.ResponseStatusCode & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Response body:" & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite($sResponseBody & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("File uploaded." & @CRLF)