Classic ASP Dropbox: Dropbox Move a File to another Folder

Back to Index

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}"

See: Online Tool to Generate Chilkat Code from a CURL Command

Classic ASP Example

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
set rest = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest")

'  URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/move_v2
bTls = 1
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("api.dropboxapi.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "ConnectFailReason: " & rest.ConnectFailReason) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"

End If

'  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Creation Code
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("from_path","/Homework/math/ghost_emoji.txt")
success = json.UpdateString("to_path","/Halloween/emojis/ghost.txt")
success = json.UpdateBool("allow_shared_folder",0)
success = json.UpdateBool("autorename",0)
success = json.UpdateBool("allow_ownership_transfer",0)

success = rest.AddHeader("Authorization","Bearer DROPBOX-ACCESS-TOKEN")
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")

set sbRequestBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
set sbResponseBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/2/files/move_v2",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"

End If

respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Header:") & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.ResponseHeader) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Body:") & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sbResponseBody.GetAsString()) & "</pre>"

End If

set jsonResponse = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
success = jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)

'  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Parse Code

from_path = jsonResponse.StringOf("from_path")
to_path = jsonResponse.StringOf("to_path")
allow_shared_folder = jsonResponse.BoolOf("allow_shared_folder")
autorename = jsonResponse.BoolOf("autorename")
allow_ownership_transfer = jsonResponse.BoolOf("allow_ownership_transfer")

%>
</body>
</html>

Sample JSON Response Body

See: Online Tool to Generate JSON Parse Code from JSON Sample

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