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

Chilkat.Rest rest = new Chilkat.Rest();
bool success;

//  URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/copy_v2
bool bTls = true;
int port = 443;
bool bAutoReconnect = true;
success = rest.Connect("api.dropboxapi.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("ConnectFailReason: " + Convert.ToString(rest.ConnectFailReason));
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Creation Code
Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("from_path","/ocean/starfish.jpg");
json.UpdateString("to_path","/ocean/starfish2.jpg");
json.UpdateBool("allow_shared_folder",false);
json.UpdateBool("autorename",false);
json.UpdateBool("allow_ownership_transfer",false);

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

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbRequestBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);
Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/2/files/copy_v2",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

int respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode;
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.ResponseHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
    Debug.WriteLine(sbResponseBody.GetAsString());
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject jsonResponse = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);

//  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Parse Code

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

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"
  }
}