(Delphi ActiveX) Download File from Dropbox into a String Variable

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

Chilkat for Delphi Downloads Chilkat ActiveX DLL for Delphi Chilkat non-ActiveX DLL for Delphi * The examples here use the ActiveX DLL.

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
rest: TChilkatRest;
success: Integer;
json: TChilkatJsonObject;
fileContent: WideString;
apiResult: WideString;
jsonResult: TChilkatJsonObject;
size: Integer;
rev: WideString;
clientModified: WideString;
ckdt: TCkDateTime;
bLocalTime: Integer;
dt: IDtObj;

begin
// 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 := TChilkatRest.Create(Self);

// Connect to Dropbox
success := rest.Connect('content.dropboxapi.com',443,1,1);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Add request headers.
rest.AddHeader('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",
// }

json := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
json.AppendString('path','/jack.txt');
rest.AddHeader('Dropbox-API-Arg',json.Emit());

// The content of the file on Dropbox is returned.
fileContent := rest.FullRequestNoBody('POST','/2/files/download');
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// When successful, Dropbox responds with a 200 response code.
if (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) then
  begin
    // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response status code = ' + IntToStr(rest.ResponseStatusCode));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response status text = ' + rest.ResponseStatusText);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response header: ' + rest.ResponseHeader);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response body (if any): ' + fileContent);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('---');
    Memo1.Lines.Add('LastRequestStartLine: ' + rest.LastRequestStartLine);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('LastRequestHeader: ' + rest.LastRequestHeader);
    Exit;
  end;

// Show the file content that was downloaded:
Memo1.Lines.Add(fileContent);
Memo1.Lines.Add('----');

// 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:
apiResult := rest.ResponseHdrByName('dropbox-api-result');
Memo1.Lines.Add(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...
jsonResult := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
jsonResult.EmitCompact := 0;
jsonResult.Load(apiResult);
// Show the JSON pretty-printed...
Memo1.Lines.Add(jsonResult.Emit());

// Sample code to get data from the JSON response:
size := jsonResult.IntOf('size');
Memo1.Lines.Add('size = ' + IntToStr(size));

rev := jsonResult.StringOf('rev');
Memo1.Lines.Add('rev = ' + rev);

clientModified := jsonResult.StringOf('client_modified');
ckdt := TCkDateTime.Create(Self);
ckdt.SetFromTimestamp(clientModified);
bLocalTime := 1;
dt := ckdt.GetDtObj(bLocalTime);
Memo1.Lines.Add(IntToStr(dt.Day) + '/' + IntToStr(dt.Month) + '/' + IntToStr(dt.Year) + ' ' + IntToStr(dt.Hour) + ':'
     + IntToStr(dt.Minute));
end;