(Unicode C++) 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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#include <CkRestW.h>
#include <CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <CkDateTimeW.h>
#include <CkDtObjW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    // 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.

    CkRestW rest;

    // Connect to Dropbox
    bool success = rest.Connect(L"content.dropboxapi.com",443,true,true);
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // Add request headers.
    rest.AddHeader(L"Authorization",L"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",
    // }

    CkJsonObjectW json;
    json.AppendString(L"path",L"/jack.txt");
    rest.AddHeader(L"Dropbox-API-Arg",json.emit());

    // The content of the file on Dropbox is returned.
    const wchar_t *fileContent = rest.fullRequestNoBody(L"POST",L"/2/files/download");
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // When successful, Dropbox responds with a 200 response code.
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        // Examine the request/response to see what happened.
        wprintf(L"response status code = %d\n",rest.get_ResponseStatusCode());
        wprintf(L"response status text = %s\n",rest.responseStatusText());
        wprintf(L"response header: %s\n",rest.responseHeader());
        wprintf(L"response body (if any): %s\n",fileContent);
        wprintf(L"---\n");
        wprintf(L"LastRequestStartLine: %s\n",rest.lastRequestStartLine());
        wprintf(L"LastRequestHeader: %s\n",rest.lastRequestHeader());
        return;
    }

    // Show the file content that was downloaded:
    wprintf(L"%s\n",fileContent);
    wprintf(L"----\n");

    // 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:
    const wchar_t *apiResult = rest.responseHdrByName(L"dropbox-api-result");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",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...
    CkJsonObjectW jsonResult;
    jsonResult.put_EmitCompact(false);
    jsonResult.Load(apiResult);
    // Show the JSON pretty-printed...
    wprintf(L"%s\n",jsonResult.emit());

    // Sample code to get data from the JSON response:
    int size = jsonResult.IntOf(L"size");
    wprintf(L"size = %d\n",size);

    const wchar_t *rev = jsonResult.stringOf(L"rev");
    wprintf(L"rev = %s\n",rev);

    const wchar_t *clientModified = jsonResult.stringOf(L"client_modified");
    CkDateTimeW ckdt;
    ckdt.SetFromTimestamp(clientModified);
    bool bLocalTime = true;
    CkDtObjW *dt = ckdt.GetDtObj(bLocalTime);
    wprintf(L"%d/%d/%d %d:%d\n",dt->get_Day(),dt->get_Month(),dt->get_Year(),dt->get_Hour(),dt->get_Minute());
    delete dt;
    }