PHP Extension

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). PHP Extension

<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

// 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 = new CkRest();

// Connect to Dropbox
$success = $rest->Connect('content.dropboxapi.com',443,true,true);
if ($success == false) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Add request headers.
$rest->AddHeader('Content-Type','application/octet-stream');
$rest->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.
$content = 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy';

$json = new CkJsonObject();
$json->AppendString('path','/jack.txt');
$json->AppendString('mode','add');
$json->AppendBool('autorename',true);
$json->AppendBool('mute',false);
$rest->AddHeader('Dropbox-API-Arg',$json->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".

$responseStr = $rest->fullRequestString('POST','/2/files/upload',$content);
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// When successful, Dropbox responds with a 200 response code.
if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
    // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    print 'response status code = ' . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\n";
    print 'response status text = ' . $rest->responseStatusText() . "\n";
    print 'response header: ' . $rest->responseHeader() . "\n";
    print 'response body (if any): ' . $responseStr . "\n";
    print '---' . "\n";
    print 'LastRequestStartLine: ' . $rest->lastRequestStartLine() . "\n";
    print 'LastRequestHeader: ' . $rest->lastRequestHeader() . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'LastRequestHeader: ' . $rest->lastRequestHeader() . "\n";

// The response is JSON.
$jsonResp = new CkJsonObject();
$jsonResp->put_EmitCompact(false);
$jsonResp->Load($responseStr);

// Show the JSON response.
print $jsonResp->emit() . "\n";

// 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:
$size = $jsonResp->IntOf('size');
print 'size = ' . $size . "\n";

$rev = $jsonResp->stringOf('rev');
print 'rev = ' . $rev . "\n";

$clientModified = $jsonResp->stringOf('client_modified');
$ckdt = new CkDateTime();
$ckdt->SetFromTimestamp($clientModified);
$bLocalTime = true;
$dt = new CkDtObj();
$ckdt->ToDtObj($bLocalTime,$dt);

print $dt->get_Day() . '/' . $dt->get_Month() . '/' . $dt->get_Year() . ' ' . $dt->get_Hour() . ':'
     . $dt->get_Minute() . "\n";

?>