Perl

Box.com Streaming Upload File

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Demonstrates how to upload a file to box.com, streaming the file directly from the filesystem.

Note: This example requires a fix that is included in Chilkat v9.5.0.70 and above.

Perl

use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

#   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
$oauth2 = chilkat::CkOAuth2->new();
$oauth2->put_AccessToken("BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN");
$rest->SetAuthOAuth2($oauth2);

# First, make the initial connection.
# A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many Box REST API calls.
# The auto-reconnect indicates that if the already-established HTTPS connection is closed,
# then it will be automatically re-established as needed.
$bAutoReconnect = 1;

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# IMPORTANT: Note that the domain is "upload.box.com", not "api.box.com"
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
$success = $rest->Connect("upload.box.com",443,1,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# The request body uses the "multipart/form-data" format to transmit two "parts". 
# The first part is called "attributes" and contains a JSON object with information about the file, including the name of the file 
# and the ID of the parent folder. The second part contains the contents of the file. 
# (Note that the name of the second "part" is ignored.)

$rest->AddHeader("Content-Type","multipart/form-data");

# Provide the content for each part of the request...

# First the JSON attributes.  Use "0" for the root folder.
#   {"name":"hedgehogs.jpg", "parent":{"id":"0"}}
$jsonAttr = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jsonAttr->UpdateString("name","hedgehogs.jpg");
$jsonAttr->UpdateString("parent.id","0");

$rest->put_PartSelector("1");
$rest->AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=\"attributes\"; ");
$rest->SetMultipartBodyString($jsonAttr->emit());

# The upload will stream directly from a file.
$rest->put_PartSelector("2");
$rest->AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"hedgehogs.jpg\"");
# "application/octet-stream" can be safely used for any type file..
$rest->AddHeader("Content-Type","application/octet-stream");

# IMPORTANT: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.70 or later, for a fix that was made in
# multipart/streaming uploads. 
$fileStream = chilkat::CkStream->new();
$fileStream->put_SourceFile("qa_data/jpg/hedgehogs.jpg");
$rest->SetMultipartBodyStream($fileStream);

# Restore the PartSelector to "0" (for safety, in case something else sends another request on this object)
$rest->put_PartSelector("0");

# Send the multipart/form-data request, which uploads the file by streaming directly from the filesystem.
$responseBody = $rest->fullRequestMultipart("POST","/api/2.0/files/content");
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# A 201 is received for a successful upload
if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 201) {
    print "Box.com upload failed." . "\r\n";
    print "Request header:" . "\r\n";
    print $rest->lastRequestHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "---" . "\r\n";
    print "Response status code = " . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\r\n";
    print "Response body:" . "\r\n";
    print $responseBody . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "File uploaded." . "\r\n";