PowerShell 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}"

PowerShell Example

[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\myAssemblies\ChilkatDotNet47.dll")

$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest

#  URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/copy_v2
$bTls = $true
$port = 443
$bAutoReconnect = $true
$success = $rest.Connect("api.dropboxapi.com",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $("ConnectFailReason: " + $rest.ConnectFailReason)
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Creation Code
$json = New-Object 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")

$sbRequestBody = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$json.EmitSb($sbRequestBody)
$sbResponseBody = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/2/files/copy_v2",$sbRequestBody,$sbResponseBody)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$respStatusCode = $rest.ResponseStatusCode
if ($respStatusCode -ge 400) {
    $("Response Status Code = " + $respStatusCode)
    $("Response Header:")
    $($rest.ResponseHeader)
    $("Response Body:")
    $($sbResponseBody.GetAsString())
    exit
}

$jsonResponse = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jsonResponse.LoadSb($sbResponseBody)

#  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Parse Code

$metadataTag = $jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.`".tag`"")
$metadataName = $jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.name")
$metadataPath_lower = $jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.path_lower")
$metadataPath_display = $jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.path_display")
$metadataId = $jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.id")
$metadataClient_modified = $jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.client_modified")
$metadataServer_modified = $jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.server_modified")
$metadataRev = $jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.rev")
$metadataSize = $jsonResponse.IntOf("metadata.size")
$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"
  }
}