C Dropbox: Dropbox Copy a File or Folder

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Copy 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 copied.

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

CURL Command

curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/copy_v2 \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer DROPBOX-ACCESS-TOKEN" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data "{\"from_path\": \"/ocean/starfish.jpg\",\"to_path\": \"/ocean/starfish2.jpg\",\"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 *metadataTag;
    const char *metadataName;
    const char *metadataPath_lower;
    const char *metadataPath_display;
    const char *metadataId;
    const char *metadataClient_modified;
    const char *metadataServer_modified;
    const char *metadataRev;
    int metadataSize;
    const char *metadataContent_hash;

    rest = CkRest_Create();

    //  URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/copy_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","/ocean/starfish.jpg");
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,"to_path","/ocean/starfish2.jpg");
    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/copy_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

    metadataTag = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.\".tag\"");
    metadataName = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.name");
    metadataPath_lower = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.path_lower");
    metadataPath_display = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.path_display");
    metadataId = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.id");
    metadataClient_modified = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.client_modified");
    metadataServer_modified = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.server_modified");
    metadataRev = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.rev");
    metadataSize = CkJsonObject_IntOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.size");
    metadataContent_hash = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"metadata.content_hash");


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

    }

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "metadata": {
    ".tag": "file",
    "name": "starfish2.jpg",
    "path_lower": "/ocean/starfish2.jpg",
    "path_display": "/ocean/starfish2.jpg",
    "id": "id:JSXYsxHo1hAAAAAAAAAADg",
    "client_modified": "2018-10-22T22:38:18Z",
    "server_modified": "2018-10-22T22:40:38Z",
    "rev": "1c482db15f",
    "size": 6229,
    "content_hash": "9fa9d692d0762ee759c22dea993c7de0068f9ba2ca842e761a1636d3b0b3cbba"
  }
}