Objective-C Box: Upload File

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Uploads a file to a destination (parent) folder. The BOX_FOLDER_ID should be replaced with the id of the folder, or 0 for the root folder.

Documentation: https://developer.box.com/reference#upload-a-file

CURL Command

curl https://upload.box.com/api/2.0/files/content \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN" -X POST \
  -F attributes='{"name":"tigers.jpeg", "parent":{"id":"BOX_FOLDER_ID"}}' \
  -F file=@tigers.jpeg

Objective-C Example

#import <CkoRest.h>
#import <CkoStream.h>
#import <NSString.h>
#import <CkoJsonObject.h>

CkoRest *rest = [[CkoRest alloc] init];
BOOL success;

//  URL: https://upload.box.com/api/2.0/files/content
BOOL bTls = YES;
int port = 443;
BOOL bAutoReconnect = YES;
success = [rest Connect: @"upload.box.com" port: [NSNumber numberWithInt: port] tls: bTls autoReconnect: bAutoReconnect];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@%d",@"ConnectFailReason: ",[rest.ConnectFailReason intValue]);
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

rest.PartSelector = @"1";
[rest AddHeader: @"Content-Disposition" value: @"form-data; name=\"attributes\""];
[rest SetMultipartBodyString: @"{\"name\":\"tigers.jpeg\", \"parent\":{\"id\":\"BOX_FOLDER_ID\"}}"];

rest.PartSelector = @"2";
CkoStream *fileStream2 = [[CkoStream alloc] init];
fileStream2.SourceFile = @"tigers.jpeg";
[rest AddHeader: @"Content-Disposition" value: @"form-data; name=\"tigers.jpeg\"; filename=\"tigers.jpeg\""];
[rest AddHeader: @"Content-Type" value: @"image/jpeg"];
[rest SetMultipartBodyStream: fileStream2];

rest.PartSelector = @"0";

[rest AddHeader: @"Authorization" value: @"Bearer BOX_ACCESS_TOKEN"];

rest.PartSelector = @"0";
[rest AddHeader: @"Content-Type" value: @"multipart/form-data"];

NSString *strResponseBody = [rest FullRequestMultipart: @"POST" uriPath: @"/api/2.0/files/content"];
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

CkoJsonObject *jsonResponse = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[jsonResponse Load: strResponseBody];

int total_count;
int i;
int count_i;
NSString *type = 0;
NSString *id = 0;
NSString *sequence_id = 0;
NSString *etag = 0;
NSString *sha1 = 0;
NSString *name = 0;
NSString *description = 0;
int size;
int path_collectionTotal_count;
NSString *created_at = 0;
NSString *modified_at = 0;
BOOL trashed_at;
BOOL purged_at;
NSString *content_created_at = 0;
NSString *content_modified_at = 0;
NSString *created_byType = 0;
NSString *created_byId = 0;
NSString *created_byName = 0;
NSString *created_byLogin = 0;
NSString *modified_byType = 0;
NSString *modified_byId = 0;
NSString *modified_byName = 0;
NSString *modified_byLogin = 0;
NSString *owned_byType = 0;
NSString *owned_byId = 0;
NSString *owned_byName = 0;
NSString *owned_byLogin = 0;
BOOL shared_link;
NSString *parentType = 0;
NSString *parentId = 0;
NSString *parentSequence_id = 0;
NSString *parentEtag = 0;
NSString *parentName = 0;
NSString *item_status = 0;
int j;
int count_j;
BOOL sequence_id_bool;
BOOL etag_bool;

total_count = [[jsonResponse IntOf: @"total_count"] intValue];
i = 0;
count_i = [[jsonResponse SizeOfArray: @"entries"] intValue];
while (i < count_i) {
    jsonResponse.I = [NSNumber numberWithInt: i];
    type = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].type"];
    id = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].id"];
    sequence_id = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].sequence_id"];
    etag = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].etag"];
    sha1 = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].sha1"];
    name = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].name"];
    description = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].description"];
    size = [[jsonResponse IntOf: @"entries[i].size"] intValue];
    path_collectionTotal_count = [[jsonResponse IntOf: @"entries[i].path_collection.total_count"] intValue];
    created_at = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].created_at"];
    modified_at = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].modified_at"];
    trashed_at = [jsonResponse IsNullOf: @"entries[i].trashed_at"];
    purged_at = [jsonResponse IsNullOf: @"entries[i].purged_at"];
    content_created_at = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].content_created_at"];
    content_modified_at = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].content_modified_at"];
    created_byType = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].created_by.type"];
    created_byId = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].created_by.id"];
    created_byName = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].created_by.name"];
    created_byLogin = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].created_by.login"];
    modified_byType = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].modified_by.type"];
    modified_byId = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].modified_by.id"];
    modified_byName = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].modified_by.name"];
    modified_byLogin = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].modified_by.login"];
    owned_byType = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].owned_by.type"];
    owned_byId = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].owned_by.id"];
    owned_byName = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].owned_by.name"];
    owned_byLogin = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].owned_by.login"];
    shared_link = [jsonResponse IsNullOf: @"entries[i].shared_link"];
    parentType = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].parent.type"];
    parentId = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].parent.id"];
    parentSequence_id = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].parent.sequence_id"];
    parentEtag = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].parent.etag"];
    parentName = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].parent.name"];
    item_status = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].item_status"];
    j = 0;
    count_j = [[jsonResponse SizeOfArray: @"entries[i].path_collection.entries"] intValue];
    while (j < count_j) {
        jsonResponse.J = [NSNumber numberWithInt: j];
        type = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].path_collection.entries[j].type"];
        id = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].path_collection.entries[j].id"];
        sequence_id_bool = [jsonResponse IsNullOf: @"entries[i].path_collection.entries[j].sequence_id"];
        etag_bool = [jsonResponse IsNullOf: @"entries[i].path_collection.entries[j].etag"];
        name = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"entries[i].path_collection.entries[j].name"];
        j = j + 1;
    }

    i = i + 1;
}

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "total_count": 1,
  "entries": [
    {
      "type": "file",
      "id": "5000948880",
      "sequence_id": "3",
      "etag": "3",
      "sha1": "134b65991ed521fcfe4724b7d814ab8ded5185dc",
      "name": "tigers.jpeg",
      "description": "a picture of tigers",
      "size": 629644,
      "path_collection": {
        "total_count": 2,
        "entries": [
          {
            "type": "folder",
            "id": "0",
            "sequence_id": null,
            "etag": null,
            "name": "All Files"
          },
          {
            "type": "folder",
            "id": "11446498",
            "sequence_id": "1",
            "etag": "1",
            "name": "Pictures"
          }
        ]
      },
      "created_at": "2012-12-12T10:55:30-08:00",
      "modified_at": "2012-12-12T11:04:26-08:00",
      "trashed_at": null,
      "purged_at": null,
      "content_created_at": "2013-02-04T16:57:52-08:00",
      "content_modified_at": "2013-02-04T16:57:52-08:00",
      "created_by": {
        "type": "user",
        "id": "17738362",
        "name": "sean rose",
        "login": "sean@box.com"
      },
      "modified_by": {
        "type": "user",
        "id": "17738362",
        "name": "sean rose",
        "login": "sean@box.com"
      },
      "owned_by": {
        "type": "user",
        "id": "17738362",
        "name": "sean rose",
        "login": "sean@box.com"
      },
      "shared_link": null,
      "parent": {
        "type": "folder",
        "id": "11446498",
        "sequence_id": "1",
        "etag": "1",
        "name": "Pictures"
      },
      "item_status": "active"
    }
  ]
}