VB.NET Requires Chilkat v11.7.0+
VB.NET
Box: Upload a File from BinData
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Run the reusable setup once per HttpCurl object, then select names and execute the operation. The setup is repeated here only to make this published example independently runnable. Resolve documents by name using HttpCurl, then upload a small local PDF from BinData with Rest. The transfer is explicit after dependency resolution; no ID is entered by the caller.
See the Box API guide for setup and the complete workflow.
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Dim success As Boolean = False
' Requires Chilkat 11.7.0 or later and a previously unlocked Chilkat bundle.
' See Global Unlock Sample.
' Guide: Box API Guide.
success = False
' BEGIN ONE-TIME SETUP
' This block is repeated so each published example can run on its own.
' In an application, run the setup example once and pass the SAME curl object
' to operation code below. Do not recreate it for every operation.
' See Reusable Box HttpCurl Setup.
Dim curl As New Chilkat.HttpCurl
curl.SetVar("access_token","BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN")
curl.SetVar("parent_name","/")
' Box's fixed root ID is an implementation detail; callers supply names.
curl.SetVar("parent_id","0")
Dim setupCommand As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
Dim setupReplacements As Integer
' Register findParent; registration sends no request.
setupCommand.SetString("curl -X GET ""https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/0/items?limit=1000&fields=id,type,name"" -H ""Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN""")
setupReplacements = setupCommand.Replace("ACCESS_TOKEN",curl.GetVar("access_token"))
success = curl.AddFunction("findParent",setupCommand.GetAsString())
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
' Register findFolder; registration sends no request.
setupCommand.SetString("curl -X GET ""https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/{{parent_id}}/items?limit=1000&fields=id,type,name"" -H ""Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN""")
setupReplacements = setupCommand.Replace("ACCESS_TOKEN",curl.GetVar("access_token"))
success = curl.AddFunction("findFolder",setupCommand.GetAsString())
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
' Register findFile; registration sends no request.
setupCommand.SetString("curl -X GET ""https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/{{folder_id}}/items?limit=1000&fields=id,type,name"" -H ""Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN""")
setupReplacements = setupCommand.Replace("ACCESS_TOKEN",curl.GetVar("access_token"))
success = curl.AddFunction("findFile",setupCommand.GetAsString())
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
' Register findDestination; registration sends no request.
setupCommand.SetString("curl -X GET ""https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/0/items?limit=1000&fields=id,type,name"" -H ""Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN""")
setupReplacements = setupCommand.Replace("ACCESS_TOKEN",curl.GetVar("access_token"))
success = curl.AddFunction("findDestination",setupCommand.GetAsString())
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
' Register getFileDetails; registration sends no request.
setupCommand.SetString("curl -X GET ""https://api.box.com/2.0/files/{{file_id}}?fields=id,sha1,file_version"" -H ""Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN""")
setupReplacements = setupCommand.Replace("ACCESS_TOKEN",curl.GetVar("access_token"))
success = curl.AddFunction("getFileDetails",setupCommand.GetAsString())
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
' Register getEnterprise; registration sends no request.
setupCommand.SetString("curl -X GET ""https://api.box.com/2.0/users/me?fields=enterprise"" -H ""Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN""")
setupReplacements = setupCommand.Replace("ACCESS_TOKEN",curl.GetVar("access_token"))
success = curl.AddFunction("getEnterprise",setupCommand.GetAsString())
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
' Register output rules once. Chilkat 11.7.0 evaluates {{name}} variables
' when extracting each output, using the current value at that time.
success = curl.AddOutput2("findParent","entries","name","{{parent_name}}",True,"id","parent_id")
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
success = curl.AddOutput2("findFolder","entries","name","{{folder_name}}",True,"id","folder_id")
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
success = curl.AddOutput2("findFile","entries","name","{{file_name}}",True,"id","file_id")
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
success = curl.AddOutput2("findDestination","entries","name","{{destination_name}}",True,"id","destination_id")
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
success = curl.AddOutput("getFileDetails","file_version.id","file_version_id")
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
success = curl.AddOutput("getFileDetails","sha1","file_sha1")
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
success = curl.AddOutput("getEnterprise","enterprise.id","enterprise_id")
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(curl.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
' END ONE-TIME SETUP
' The name lookups below assume each listing fits in one page (1000 items).
' Parent and destination names select root children; folder_name selects a child
' of parent_name. "/" selects the root parent. These are not arbitrary paths.
' BEGIN OPERATION -- keep the configured object when reusing it.
' Inputs are names. Retain cached IDs when the selected names have not changed.
Dim parentName As String = "/"
Dim folderName As String = "documents"
If ((curl.GetVar("parent_name") <> parentName) Or ((parentName = "/") And (curl.VarDefined("parent_id") = False))) Then
curl.SetVar("parent_name",parentName)
curl.ClearVar("parent_id")
curl.ClearVar("folder_id")
curl.ClearVar("file_id")
curl.ClearVar("file_version_id")
curl.ClearVar("file_sha1")
If (parentName = "/") Then
curl.SetVar("parent_id","0")
End If
End If
If (curl.GetVar("folder_name") <> folderName) Then
curl.SetVar("folder_name",folderName)
curl.ClearVar("folder_id")
curl.ClearVar("file_id")
curl.ClearVar("file_version_id")
curl.ClearVar("file_sha1")
End If
' Resolve the named destination first. HttpCurl does not expand variables
' inside multipart -F attributes in the tested build, so this upload is two phases.
curl.ClearTargetOutput("*")
Dim authorizedCommand1 As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
authorizedCommand1.SetString("curl -X GET ""https://api.box.com/2.0/folders/{{folder_id}}?fields=id"" -H ""Authorization: Bearer {{access_token}}""")
Dim headerReplacement1 As Integer = authorizedCommand1.Replace("{{access_token}}",curl.GetVar("access_token"))
success = curl.DoYourThing(authorizedCommand1.GetAsString())
If ((success <> True) Or (curl.StatusCode <> 200)) Then
Debug.WriteLine("Box request failed. HTTP status: " & curl.StatusCode)
Debug.WriteLine("Failure reason: " & curl.FailReason)
Debug.WriteLine(curl.ResponseBodyStr)
Exit Sub
End If
Dim data As New Chilkat.BinData
success = data.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/invoice.pdf")
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(data.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest
Dim oauth2 As New Chilkat.OAuth2
oauth2.AccessToken = curl.GetVar("access_token")
success = rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2)
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
success = rest.Connect("upload.box.com",443,True,True)
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
Dim attributes As New Chilkat.JsonObject
attributes.UpdateString("name","invoice.pdf")
attributes.UpdateString("parent.id",curl.GetVar("folder_id"))
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","multipart/form-data")
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
rest.PartSelector = "1"
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=""attributes""")
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
success = rest.SetMultipartBodyString(attributes.Emit())
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
rest.PartSelector = "2"
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=""file""; filename=""invoice.pdf""")
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/pdf")
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
success = rest.SetMultipartBodyBd(data)
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
rest.PartSelector = "0"
Dim responseBody As String = rest.FullRequestMultipart("POST","/api/2.0/files/content")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 201) Then
Debug.WriteLine("Upload failed: " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
Debug.WriteLine(responseBody)
Exit Sub
End If
Dim result As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = result.Load(responseBody)
If (success <> True) Then
Debug.WriteLine(result.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
Debug.WriteLine("Uploaded file ID: " & result.StringOf("entries[0].id"))
curl.SetVar("file_name","invoice.pdf")
curl.SetVar("file_id",result.StringOf("entries[0].id"))
curl.ClearVar("file_version_id")
curl.ClearVar("file_sha1")