(Lianja) Download File from Dropbox into a String Variable

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

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// 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("CkRest")

// Connect to Dropbox
llSuccess = loRest.Connect("content.dropboxapi.com",443,.T.,.T.)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    release loRest
    return
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("CkJsonObject")
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 <> .T.) then
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    release loRest
    release loJson
    return
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
    return
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("CkJsonObject")
loJsonResult.EmitCompact = .F.
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("CkDateTime")
loCkdt.SetFromTimestamp(lcClientModified)
llBLocalTime = .T.
loDt = loCkdt.GetDtObj(llBLocalTime)
? str(loDt.Day) + "/" + str(loDt.Month) + "/" + str(loDt.Year) + " " + str(loDt.Hour) + ":" + str(loDt.Minute)
release loDt


release loRest
release loJson
release loJsonResult
release loCkdt