Visual FoxPro 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}"

Visual FoxPro Example

LOCAL loRest
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL lnBTls
LOCAL lnPort
LOCAL lnBAutoReconnect
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL loSbRequestBody
LOCAL loSbResponseBody
LOCAL lnRespStatusCode
LOCAL loJsonResponse
LOCAL lcFrom_path
LOCAL lcTo_path
LOCAL lnAllow_shared_folder
LOCAL lnAutorename
LOCAL lnAllow_ownership_transfer

loRest = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest')

*  URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/move_v2
lnBTls = 1
lnPort = 443
lnBAutoReconnect = 1
lnSuccess = loRest.Connect("api.dropboxapi.com",lnPort,lnBTls,lnBAutoReconnect)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? "ConnectFailReason: " + STR(loRest.ConnectFailReason)
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loRest
    CANCEL
ENDIF

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

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

loSbRequestBody = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder')
loJson.EmitSb(loSbRequestBody)
loSbResponseBody = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder')
lnSuccess = loRest.FullRequestSb("POST","/2/files/move_v2",loSbRequestBody,loSbResponseBody)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loRest
    RELEASE loJson
    RELEASE loSbRequestBody
    RELEASE loSbResponseBody
    CANCEL
ENDIF

lnRespStatusCode = loRest.ResponseStatusCode
IF (lnRespStatusCode >= 400) THEN
    ? "Response Status Code = " + STR(lnRespStatusCode)
    ? "Response Header:"
    ? loRest.ResponseHeader
    ? "Response Body:"
    ? loSbResponseBody.GetAsString()
    RELEASE loRest
    RELEASE loJson
    RELEASE loSbRequestBody
    RELEASE loSbResponseBody
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loJsonResponse = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJsonResponse.LoadSb(loSbResponseBody)

*  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Parse Code

lcFrom_path = loJsonResponse.StringOf("from_path")
lcTo_path = loJsonResponse.StringOf("to_path")
lnAllow_shared_folder = loJsonResponse.BoolOf("allow_shared_folder")
lnAutorename = loJsonResponse.BoolOf("autorename")
lnAllow_ownership_transfer = loJsonResponse.BoolOf("allow_ownership_transfer")

RELEASE loRest
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loSbRequestBody
RELEASE loSbResponseBody
RELEASE loJsonResponse

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
}