C Dropbox: Dropbox Move a File to another Folder

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Move a file or folder to a different location in the user's Dropbox. If the source path is a folder all its contents will be moved.

Documentation: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-move

CURL Command

curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/move_v2 \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer DROPBOX-ACCESS-TOKEN" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data "{\"from_path\": \"/Homework/math/ghost_emoji.txt\",\"to_path\": \"/Halloween/emojis/ghost.txt\",\"allow_shared_folder\": false,\"autorename\": false,\"allow_ownership_transfer\": false}"

C Example

#include <C_CkRest.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkRest rest;
    BOOL success;
    BOOL bTls;
    int port;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkJsonObject json;
    HCkStringBuilder sbRequestBody;
    HCkStringBuilder sbResponseBody;
    int respStatusCode;
    HCkJsonObject jsonResponse;
    const char *from_path;
    const char *to_path;
    BOOL allow_shared_folder;
    BOOL autorename;
    BOOL allow_ownership_transfer;

    rest = CkRest_Create();

    //  URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/move_v2
    bTls = TRUE;
    port = 443;
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRest_Connect(rest,"api.dropboxapi.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("ConnectFailReason: %d\n",CkRest_getConnectFailReason(rest));
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    //  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Creation Code
    json = CkJsonObject_Create();
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,"from_path","/Homework/math/ghost_emoji.txt");
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,"to_path","/Halloween/emojis/ghost.txt");
    CkJsonObject_UpdateBool(json,"allow_shared_folder",FALSE);
    CkJsonObject_UpdateBool(json,"autorename",FALSE);
    CkJsonObject_UpdateBool(json,"allow_ownership_transfer",FALSE);

    CkRest_AddHeader(rest,"Authorization","Bearer DROPBOX-ACCESS-TOKEN");
    CkRest_AddHeader(rest,"Content-Type","application/json");

    sbRequestBody = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    CkJsonObject_EmitSb(json,sbRequestBody);
    sbResponseBody = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    success = CkRest_FullRequestSb(rest,"POST","/2/files/move_v2",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    respStatusCode = CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest);
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        printf("Response Status Code = %d\n",respStatusCode);
        printf("Response Header:\n");
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_responseHeader(rest));
        printf("Response Body:\n");
        printf("%s\n",CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbResponseBody));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    jsonResponse = CkJsonObject_Create();
    CkJsonObject_LoadSb(jsonResponse,sbResponseBody);

    //  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Parse Code

    from_path = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"from_path");
    to_path = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"to_path");
    allow_shared_folder = CkJsonObject_BoolOf(jsonResponse,"allow_shared_folder");
    autorename = CkJsonObject_BoolOf(jsonResponse,"autorename");
    allow_ownership_transfer = CkJsonObject_BoolOf(jsonResponse,"allow_ownership_transfer");


    CkRest_Dispose(rest);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonResponse);

    }

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "from_path": "/Homework/math/ghost_emoji.txt",
  "to_path": "/Halloween/emojis/ghost.txt",
  "allow_shared_folder": false,
  "autorename": false,
  "allow_ownership_transfer": false
}