Swift

Dropbox File Streaming Upload

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Upload a file to Drobox using a file stream. This example can upload files up to 150MB. Larger files must be uploaded with an upload session (upload_session/start). Swift

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = 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.

    let rest = CkoRest()!

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

    // Add request headers.
    rest.addHeader(name: "Content-Type", value: "application/octet-stream")
    rest.addHeader(name: "Authorization", value: "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": "/Homework/lit/hamlet.xml",
    //    "mode": "add",
    //    "autorename": true,
    //    "mute": false
    // }

    let json = CkoJsonObject()!
    json.appendString(name: "path", value: "/Homework/lit/hamlet.xml")
    json.appendString(name: "mode", value: "add")
    json.appendBool(name: "autorename", value: true)
    json.appendBool(name: "mute", value: false)
    rest.addHeader(name: "Dropbox-API-Arg", value: json.emit())

    // Almost ready to go...
    // Let's setup a file stream to point to a file.
    let fileStream = CkoStream()!
    fileStream.sourceFile = "qa_data/xml/hamlet.xml"

    // 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".

    // Note: The file is streamed directly from disk.  (The entire
    // file will not be loaded into memory.)
    var responseStr: String? = rest.fullRequestStream(httpVerb: "POST", uriPath: "/2/files/upload", stream: fileStream)
    if rest.lastMethodSuccess == false {
        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): \(responseStr!)")
        print("---")
        print("LastRequestStartLine: \(rest.lastRequestStartLine!)")
        print("LastRequestHeader: \(rest.lastRequestHeader!)")
        return
    }

    // The response is JSON.
    let jsonResp = CkoJsonObject()!
    jsonResp.emitCompact = false
    jsonResp.load(json: responseStr)

    // Show the JSON response.
    print("\(jsonResp.emit()!)")

    // Returns JSON that looks like this:
    // { 
    //   "name": "hamlet.xml",
    //   "path_lower": "/homework/lit/hamlet.xml",
    //   "path_display": "/Homework/lit/hamlet.xml",
    //   "id": "id:74FkdeNuyKAAAAAAAAAAAQ",
    //   "client_modified": "2016-06-02T23:19:00Z",
    //   "server_modified": "2016-06-02T23:19:00Z",
    //   "rev": "9482db15f",
    //   "size": 279658
    // }

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

    var rev: String? = jsonResp.string(of: "rev")
    print("rev = \(rev!)")

    var clientModified: String? = jsonResp.string(of: "client_modified")
    let ckdt = CkoDateTime()!
    ckdt.set(fromTimestamp: clientModified)
    var bLocalTime: Bool = true
    let dt = CkoDtObj()!
    ckdt.toDtObj(bLocal: bLocalTime, dtObj: dt)

    print("\(dt.day.intValue)/\(dt.month.intValue)/\(dt.year.intValue) \(dt.hour.intValue):\(dt.minute.intValue)")

}