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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). PowerShell

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$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-Object Chilkat.Rest

# Connect to Dropbox
$success = $rest.Connect("content.dropboxapi.com",443,$true,$true)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    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-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$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.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# When successful, Dropbox responds with a 200 response code.
if ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -ne 200) {
    # Examine the request/response to see what happened.
    $("response status code = " + $rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    $("response status text = " + $rest.ResponseStatusText)
    $("response header: " + $rest.ResponseHeader)
    $("response body (if any): " + $responseStr)
    $("---")
    $("LastRequestStartLine: " + $rest.LastRequestStartLine)
    $("LastRequestHeader: " + $rest.LastRequestHeader)
    exit
}

$("LastRequestHeader: " + $rest.LastRequestHeader)

# The response is JSON.
$jsonResp = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jsonResp.EmitCompact = $false
$jsonResp.Load($responseStr)

# Show the JSON response.
$($jsonResp.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:
$size = $jsonResp.IntOf("size")
$("size = " + $size)

$rev = $jsonResp.StringOf("rev")
$("rev = " + $rev)

$clientModified = $jsonResp.StringOf("client_modified")
$ckdt = New-Object Chilkat.CkDateTime
$ckdt.SetFromTimestamp($clientModified)
$bLocalTime = $true
$dt = New-Object Chilkat.DtObj
$ckdt.ToDtObj($bLocalTime,$dt)

$([string]$dt.Day + "/" + $dt.Month + "/" + $dt.Year + " " + $dt.Hour + ":" + $dt.Minute)