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Dropbox: Get Space Usage

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Demonstrates how to get the Dropbox space usage information for the current user's account.

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import sys
import chilkat

success = False

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

rest = chilkat.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())
    sys.exit()

rest.AddHeader("Authorization","Bearer DROPBOX-ACCESS-TOKEN")

responseStr = rest.fullRequestNoBody("POST","/2/users/get_space_usage")
if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != True):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.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 = " + str(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()))
    print("response status text = " + rest.responseStatusText())
    print("response header: " + rest.responseHeader())
    print("response body (if any): " + responseStr)
    print("---")
    print("LastRequestStartLine: " + rest.lastRequestStartLine())
    print("LastRequestHeader: " + rest.lastRequestHeader())
    sys.exit()

jsonResponse = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jsonResponse.Load(responseStr)

jsonResponse.put_EmitCompact(False)
print(jsonResponse.emit())

# {
#   "used": 3032115,
#   "allocation": {
#     ".tag": "individual",
#     "allocated": 2147483648
#   }
# }
#