B4X

Dropbox File Streaming Upload

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Upload a file to Drobox using a file stream. This example can upload files up to 150MB. Larger files must be uploaded with an upload session (upload_session/start). B4X

Dim success As Boolean = 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.

Dim rest As ChilkatRest
rest.Initialize("rest")

'  Connect to Dropbox
success = rest.Connect("content.dropboxapi.com", 443, True, True)
If success = False Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  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": "/Homework/lit/hamlet.xml",
'     "mode": "add",
'     "autorename": true,
'     "mute": false
'  }

Dim json As ChilkatJsonObject
json.Initialize
json.AppendString("path", "/Homework/lit/hamlet.xml")
json.AppendString("mode", "add")
json.AppendBool("autorename", True)
json.AppendBool("mute", False)
rest.AddHeader("Dropbox-API-Arg", json.Emit)

'  Almost ready to go...
'  Let's setup a file stream to point to a file.
Dim fileStream As ChilkatStream
fileStream.Initialize("fileStream")
fileStream.SourceFile = "qa_data/xml/hamlet.xml"

'  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".

'  Note: The file is streamed directly from disk.  (The entire
'  file will not be loaded into memory.)
Dim responseStr As String = rest.FullRequestStream("POST", "/2/files/upload", fileStream)
If rest.LastMethodSuccess = False Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  When successful, Dropbox responds with a 200 response code.
If rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200 Then
    '  Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    Log("response status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    Log("response status text = " & rest.ResponseStatusText)
    Log("response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader)
    Log("response body (if any): " & responseStr)
    Log("---")
    Log("LastRequestStartLine: " & rest.LastRequestStartLine)
    Log("LastRequestHeader: " & rest.LastRequestHeader)
    Return
End If


'  The response is JSON.
Dim jsonResp As ChilkatJsonObject
jsonResp.Initialize
jsonResp.EmitCompact = False
jsonResp.Load(responseStr)

'  Show the JSON response.
Log(jsonResp.Emit)

'  Returns JSON that looks like this:
'  { 
'    "name": "hamlet.xml",
'    "path_lower": "/homework/lit/hamlet.xml",
'    "path_display": "/Homework/lit/hamlet.xml",
'    "id": "id:74FkdeNuyKAAAAAAAAAAAQ",
'    "client_modified": "2016-06-02T23:19:00Z",
'    "server_modified": "2016-06-02T23:19:00Z",
'    "rev": "9482db15f",
'    "size": 279658
'  }

'  Sample code to get data from the JSON response:
Dim size As Int = jsonResp.IntOf("size")
Log("size = " & size)

Dim rev As String = jsonResp.StringOf("rev")
Log("rev = " & rev)

Dim clientModified As String = jsonResp.StringOf("client_modified")
Dim ckdt As ChilkatDateTime
ckdt.Initialize
ckdt.SetFromTimestamp(clientModified)
Dim bLocalTime As Boolean = True
Dim dt As ChilkatDtObj
dt.Initialize
ckdt.ToDtObj(bLocalTime, dt)

Log(dt.Day & "/" & dt.Month & "/" & dt.Year & " " & dt.Hour & ":" & dt.Minute)