(Swift 2) Download File from Dropbox into a String Variable

Demonstrates how to download a file from Dropbox directly into a string variable.

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func chilkatTest() {
    // 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.

    let rest = CkoRest()

    // Connect to Dropbox
    var success: Bool = rest.Connect("content.dropboxapi.com", port: 443, tls: true, autoReconnect: true)
    if success != true {
        print("\(rest.LastErrorText)")
        return
    }

    // Add request headers.
    rest.AddHeader("Authorization", value: "Bearer DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN")

    // The download "parameters" are contained in JSON passed in an HTTP request header.
    // This is the JSON indicating the file to be downloaded:
    // { 
    //    "path": "/jack.txt",
    // }

    let json = CkoJsonObject()
    json.AppendString("path", value: "/jack.txt")
    rest.AddHeader("Dropbox-API-Arg", value: json.Emit())

    // The content of the file on Dropbox is returned.
    var fileContent: String? = rest.FullRequestNoBody("POST", uriPath: "/2/files/download")
    if rest.LastMethodSuccess != true {
        print("\(rest.LastErrorText)")
        return
    }

    // When successful, Dropbox responds with a 200 response code.
    if rest.ResponseStatusCode.intValue != 200 {
        // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
        print("response status code = \(rest.ResponseStatusCode.intValue)")
        print("response status text = \(rest.ResponseStatusText)")
        print("response header: \(rest.ResponseHeader)")
        print("response body (if any): \(fileContent!)")
        print("---")
        print("LastRequestStartLine: \(rest.LastRequestStartLine)")
        print("LastRequestHeader: \(rest.LastRequestHeader)")
        return
    }

    // Show the file content that was downloaded:
    print("\(fileContent!)")
    print("----")

    // Information about the downloaded file is also available as JSON in a response header.
    // The "dropbox-api-result" response header contains the information.  For example:
    var apiResult: String? = rest.ResponseHdrByName("dropbox-api-result")
    print("\(apiResult!)")

    // In this case, the pretty-formatted dropbox-api-result JSON 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
    // }

    // Load the JSON, pretty-print it, and demonstrate how to get some values...
    let jsonResult = CkoJsonObject()
    jsonResult.EmitCompact = false
    jsonResult.Load(apiResult)
    // Show the JSON pretty-printed...
    print("\(jsonResult.Emit())")

    // Sample code to get data from the JSON response:
    var size: Int = jsonResult.IntOf("size").intValue
    print("size = \(size)")

    var rev: String? = jsonResult.StringOf("rev")
    print("rev = \(rev!)")

    var clientModified: String? = jsonResult.StringOf("client_modified")
    let ckdt = CkoDateTime()
    ckdt.SetFromTimestamp(clientModified)
    var bLocalTime: Bool = true
    var dt: CkoDtObj? = ckdt.GetDtObj(bLocalTime)
    print("\(dt!.Day.intValue)/\(dt!.Month.intValue)/\(dt!.Year.intValue) \(dt!.Hour.intValue):\(dt!.Minute.intValue)")
    dt = nil

}