Visual FoxPro

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). Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loRest
LOCAL lcContent
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL lcResponseStr
LOCAL loJsonResp
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("Content-Type","application/octet-stream")
loRest.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.
lcContent = "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"

loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJson.AppendString("path","/jack.txt")
loJson.AppendString("mode","add")
loJson.AppendBool("autorename",1)
loJson.AppendBool("mute",0)
loRest.AddHeader("Dropbox-API-Arg",loJson.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".

lcResponseStr = loRest.FullRequestString("POST","/2/files/upload",lcContent)
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): " + lcResponseStr
    ? "---"
    ? "LastRequestStartLine: " + loRest.LastRequestStartLine
    ? "LastRequestHeader: " + loRest.LastRequestHeader
    RELEASE loRest
    RELEASE loJson
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "LastRequestHeader: " + loRest.LastRequestHeader

* The response is JSON.
loJsonResp = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJsonResp.EmitCompact = 0
loJsonResp.Load(lcResponseStr)

* Show the JSON response.
? loJsonResp.Emit()

* 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:
lnSize = loJsonResp.IntOf("size")
? "size = " + STR(lnSize)

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

lcClientModified = loJsonResp.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 loJsonResp
RELEASE loCkdt
RELEASE loDt