(PHP Extension) Dropbox: Access Your Own Account

To programmatically interact with your own Dropbox account, such as for uploading, downloading, listing files, etc., go to the Dropbox app console and create an application. Then generate an access token in the online app console as shown in the screenshot below. The access token does not expire, and can be used to access your own account from your own non-web application.

The example code, located below the screenshot, shows how to list the files in the root folder.

Chilkat PHP Downloads PHP Extension for Windows, Linux, MacOS, Alpine Linux, Solaris

<?php

// The version number (9_5_0) should match version of the Chilkat extension used, omitting the micro-version number.
// For example, if using Chilkat v9.5.0.48, then include as shown here:
include("chilkat_9_5_0.php");

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

$rest = new CkRest();

// Connect to the www.dropbox.com endpoint.
$bTls = true;
$port = 443;
$bAutoReconnect = true;
$success = $rest->Connect('api.dropboxapi.com',$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != true) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$rest->AddHeader('Content-Type','application/json');
$rest->AddHeader('Authorization','Bearer DROPBOX-ACCESS-TOKEN');

$json = new CkJsonObject();
// The root folder should be an empty string, not "/"
$json->AppendString('path','');
$json->AppendBool('recursive',false);
$json->AppendBool('include_media_info',false);
$json->AppendBool('include_deleted',false);
$json->AppendBool('include_has_explicit_shared_members',false);

$responseStr = $rest->fullRequestString('POST','/2/files/list_folder',$json->emit());
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Success is indicated by a 200 response status 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;
}

$jsonResponse = new CkJsonObject();
$jsonResponse->Load($responseStr);

$jsonResponse->put_EmitCompact(false);
print $jsonResponse->emit() . "\n";

// A sample JSON response is shown at the end of this example.
// The following code iterates over the entries.
$numEntries = $jsonResponse->SizeOfArray('entries');
$i = 0;
while ($i < $numEntries) {
    $jsonResponse->put_I($i);
    print '----' . "\n";
    print 'name: ' . $jsonResponse->stringOf('entries[i].name') . "\n";
    print 'path_lower: ' . $jsonResponse->stringOf('entries[i].path_lower') . "\n";
    print 'path_display: ' . $jsonResponse->stringOf('entries[i].path_display') . "\n";
    if ($jsonResponse->HasMember('entries[i].sharing_info') == true) {
        print 'has sharing_info...' . "\n";
        print 'read_only: ' . $jsonResponse->stringOf('entries[i].sharing_info.read_only') . "\n";
        print 'shared_folder_id: ' . $jsonResponse->stringOf('entries[i].sharing_info.shared_folder_id') . "\n";
    }

    if ($jsonResponse->HasMember('entries[i].client_modified') == true) {
        // Demonstrate how to parse a date/time:
        $ckdt = new CkDateTime();
        $success = $ckdt->SetFromTimestamp($jsonResponse->stringOf('entries[i].client_modified'));
        // The date/time can now be converted to many other formats, or the individual parts
        // can be accessed.
        $bLocalDateTime = true;
        // dt is a CkDtObj
        $dt = $ckdt->GetDtObj($bLocalDateTime);
        print $dt->get_Year() . '-' . $dt->get_Month() . '-' . $dt->get_Day() . "\n";

    }

    $i = $i + 1;
}

print 'Success.' . "\n";

// {
//   "entries": [
//     {
//       ".tag": "folder",
//       "name": "chilkat Team Folder",
//       "path_lower": "/chilkat team folder",
//       "path_display": "/chilkat Team Folder",
//       "id": "id:2VqX9RLr-JAAAAAAAAAAAQ",
//       "shared_folder_id": "1210954290",
//       "sharing_info": {
//         "read_only": false,
//         "shared_folder_id": "1210954290"
//       }
//     },
//     {
//       ".tag": "file",
//       "name": "Get Started with Dropbox.pdf",
//       "path_lower": "/get started with dropbox.pdf",
//       "path_display": "/Get Started with Dropbox.pdf",
//       "id": "id:oxE2oMDqH4AAAAAAAAAAAQ",
//       "client_modified": "2016-05-07T11:47:47Z",
//       "server_modified": "2016-05-07T11:47:47Z",
//       "rev": "1483db13f",
//       "size": 692088
//     }
//   ],
//   "cursor": "AAEnZXciJyS4gzC_tlX6K2na4c8o7_09-dxmXKHpkPPyf3Kl0H4N-VYnz424nCrFOJuhMiM5_RgNAersumx9qe7NgCSdlppr80iFk0gf6vPlecM6SBtLcs6OYXL8ILWiZ62pfnOvgC3WKGlG6dqZ-VXH",
//   "has_more": false
// }
// 

?>