Visual FoxPro

Download File from Dropbox into a String Variable

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

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loRest
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL lcFileContent
LOCAL lcApiResult
LOCAL loJsonResult
LOCAL lnSize
LOCAL lcRev
LOCAL lcClientModified
LOCAL loCkdt
LOCAL lnBLocalTime
LOCAL loDt

lnSuccess = 0

* 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.

loRest = CreateObject('Chilkat.Rest')

* Connect to Dropbox
lnSuccess = loRest.Connect("content.dropboxapi.com",443,1,1)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loRest
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Add request headers.
loRest.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",
* }

loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJson.AppendString("path","/jack.txt")
loRest.AddHeader("Dropbox-API-Arg",loJson.Emit())

* The content of the file on Dropbox is returned.
lcFileContent = loRest.FullRequestNoBody("POST","/2/files/download")
IF (loRest.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loRest
    RELEASE loJson
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* When successful, Dropbox responds with a 200 response code.
IF (loRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) THEN
    * Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    ? "response status code = " + STR(loRest.ResponseStatusCode)
    ? "response status text = " + loRest.ResponseStatusText
    ? "response header: " + loRest.ResponseHeader
    ? "response body (if any): " + lcFileContent
    ? "---"
    ? "LastRequestStartLine: " + loRest.LastRequestStartLine
    ? "LastRequestHeader: " + loRest.LastRequestHeader
    RELEASE loRest
    RELEASE loJson
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Show the file content that was downloaded:
? lcFileContent
? "----"

* 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:
lcApiResult = loRest.ResponseHdrByName("dropbox-api-result")
? lcApiResult

* 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...
loJsonResult = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJsonResult.EmitCompact = 0
loJsonResult.Load(lcApiResult)
* Show the JSON pretty-printed...
? loJsonResult.Emit()

* Sample code to get data from the JSON response:
lnSize = loJsonResult.IntOf("size")
? "size = " + STR(lnSize)

lcRev = loJsonResult.StringOf("rev")
? "rev = " + lcRev

lcClientModified = loJsonResult.StringOf("client_modified")
loCkdt = CreateObject('Chilkat.CkDateTime')
loCkdt.SetFromTimestamp(lcClientModified)
lnBLocalTime = 1
loDt = CreateObject('Chilkat.DtObj')
loCkdt.ToDtObj(lnBLocalTime,loDt)

? STR(loDt.Day) + "/" + STR(loDt.Month) + "/" + STR(loDt.Year) + " " + STR(loDt.Hour) + ":" + STR(loDt.Minute)

RELEASE loRest
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loJsonResult
RELEASE loCkdt
RELEASE loDt