Objective-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}"

Objective-C Example

#import <CkoRest.h>
#import <CkoJsonObject.h>
#import <CkoStringBuilder.h>
#import <NSString.h>

CkoRest *rest = [[CkoRest alloc] init];
BOOL success;

//  URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/copy_v2
BOOL bTls = YES;
int port = 443;
BOOL bAutoReconnect = YES;
success = [rest Connect: @"api.dropboxapi.com" port: [NSNumber numberWithInt: port] tls: bTls autoReconnect: bAutoReconnect];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@%d",@"ConnectFailReason: ",[rest.ConnectFailReason intValue]);
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Creation Code
CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json UpdateString: @"from_path" value: @"/ocean/starfish.jpg"];
[json UpdateString: @"to_path" value: @"/ocean/starfish2.jpg"];
[json UpdateBool: @"allow_shared_folder" value: NO];
[json UpdateBool: @"autorename" value: NO];
[json UpdateBool: @"allow_ownership_transfer" value: NO];

[rest AddHeader: @"Authorization" value: @"Bearer DROPBOX-ACCESS-TOKEN"];
[rest AddHeader: @"Content-Type" value: @"application/json"];

CkoStringBuilder *sbRequestBody = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[json EmitSb: sbRequestBody];
CkoStringBuilder *sbResponseBody = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
success = [rest FullRequestSb: @"POST" uriPath: @"/2/files/copy_v2" requestBody: sbRequestBody responseBody: sbResponseBody];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

int respStatusCode = [rest.ResponseStatusCode intValue];
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Response Status Code = ",respStatusCode);
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Response Header:");
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.ResponseHeader);
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Response Body:");
    NSLog(@"%@",[sbResponseBody GetAsString]);
    return;
}

CkoJsonObject *jsonResponse = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[jsonResponse LoadSb: sbResponseBody];

//  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Parse Code

NSString *metadataTag = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"metadata.\".tag\""];
NSString *metadataName = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"metadata.name"];
NSString *metadataPath_lower = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"metadata.path_lower"];
NSString *metadataPath_display = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"metadata.path_display"];
NSString *metadataId = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"metadata.id"];
NSString *metadataClient_modified = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"metadata.client_modified"];
NSString *metadataServer_modified = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"metadata.server_modified"];
NSString *metadataRev = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"metadata.rev"];
int metadataSize = [[jsonResponse IntOf: @"metadata.size"] intValue];
NSString *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"
  }
}