Ruby 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}"

Ruby Example

require 'chilkat'

rest = Chilkat::CkRest.new()

#  URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/move_v2
bTls = true
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = true
success = rest.Connect("api.dropboxapi.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
if (success != true)
    print "ConnectFailReason: " + rest.get_ConnectFailReason().to_s() + "\n";
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

#  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Creation Code
json = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
json.UpdateString("from_path","/Homework/math/ghost_emoji.txt")
json.UpdateString("to_path","/Halloween/emojis/ghost.txt")
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 = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
sbResponseBody = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/2/files/move_v2",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
if (success != true)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

respStatusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()
if (respStatusCode >= 400)
    print "Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode.to_s() + "\n";
    print "Response Header:" + "\n";
    print rest.responseHeader() + "\n";
    print "Response Body:" + "\n";
    print sbResponseBody.getAsString() + "\n";
    exit
end

jsonResponse = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)

#  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Parse Code

from_path = jsonResponse.stringOf("from_path")
to_path = jsonResponse.stringOf("to_path")
allow_shared_folder = jsonResponse.BoolOf("allow_shared_folder")
autorename = jsonResponse.BoolOf("autorename")
allow_ownership_transfer = jsonResponse.BoolOf("allow_ownership_transfer")

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
}