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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). AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = 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.

$oRest = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Rest")

; Connect to Dropbox
$bSuccess = $oRest.Connect("content.dropboxapi.com",443,True,True)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Add request headers.
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/octet-stream")
$oRest.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.
Local $sContent = "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"

$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.AppendString("path","/jack.txt")
$oJson.AppendString("mode","add")
$oJson.AppendBool("autorename",True)
$oJson.AppendBool("mute",False)
$oRest.AddHeader("Dropbox-API-Arg",$oJson.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".

Local $sResponseStr = $oRest.FullRequestString("POST","/2/files/upload",$sContent)
If ($oRest.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; When successful, Dropbox responds with a 200 response code.
If ($oRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    ; Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    ConsoleWrite("response status code = " & $oRest.ResponseStatusCode & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("response status text = " & $oRest.ResponseStatusText & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("response header: " & $oRest.ResponseHeader & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("response body (if any): " & $sResponseStr & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("---" & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("LastRequestStartLine: " & $oRest.LastRequestStartLine & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("LastRequestHeader: " & $oRest.LastRequestHeader & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("LastRequestHeader: " & $oRest.LastRequestHeader & @CRLF)

; The response is JSON.
$oJsonResp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJsonResp.EmitCompact = False
$oJsonResp.Load($sResponseStr)

; Show the JSON response.
ConsoleWrite($oJsonResp.Emit() & @CRLF)

; 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:
Local $iSize = $oJsonResp.IntOf("size")
ConsoleWrite("size = " & $iSize & @CRLF)

Local $sRev = $oJsonResp.StringOf("rev")
ConsoleWrite("rev = " & $sRev & @CRLF)

Local $sClientModified = $oJsonResp.StringOf("client_modified")
$oCkdt = ObjCreate("Chilkat.CkDateTime")
$oCkdt.SetFromTimestamp($sClientModified)
Local $bLocalTime = True
$oDt = ObjCreate("Chilkat.DtObj")
$oCkdt.ToDtObj $bLocalTime,$oDt

ConsoleWrite($oDt.Day & "/" & $oDt.Month & "/" & $oDt.Year & " " & $oDt.Hour & ":" & $oDt.Minute & @CRLF)