Visual FoxPro 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}"

Visual FoxPro Example

LOCAL loRest
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL lnBTls
LOCAL lnPort
LOCAL lnBAutoReconnect
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL loSbRequestBody
LOCAL loSbResponseBody
LOCAL lnRespStatusCode
LOCAL loJsonResponse
LOCAL lcMetadataTag
LOCAL lcMetadataName
LOCAL lcMetadataPath_lower
LOCAL lcMetadataPath_display
LOCAL lcMetadataId
LOCAL lcMetadataClient_modified
LOCAL lcMetadataServer_modified
LOCAL lcMetadataRev
LOCAL lnMetadataSize
LOCAL lcMetadataContent_hash

loRest = CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest')

*  URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/copy_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","/ocean/starfish.jpg")
loJson.UpdateString("to_path","/ocean/starfish2.jpg")
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/copy_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

lcMetadataTag = loJsonResponse.StringOf('metadata.".tag"')
lcMetadataName = loJsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.name")
lcMetadataPath_lower = loJsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.path_lower")
lcMetadataPath_display = loJsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.path_display")
lcMetadataId = loJsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.id")
lcMetadataClient_modified = loJsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.client_modified")
lcMetadataServer_modified = loJsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.server_modified")
lcMetadataRev = loJsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.rev")
lnMetadataSize = loJsonResponse.IntOf("metadata.size")
lcMetadataContent_hash = loJsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.content_hash")

RELEASE loRest
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loSbRequestBody
RELEASE loSbResponseBody
RELEASE loJsonResponse

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"
  }
}