SQL Server 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}"

SQL Server Example

CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @rest int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest', @rest OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    DECLARE @success int

    --  URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/copy_v2
    DECLARE @bTls int
    SELECT @bTls = 1
    DECLARE @port int
    SELECT @port = 443
    DECLARE @bAutoReconnect int
    SELECT @bAutoReconnect = 1
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'api.dropboxapi.com', @port, @bTls, @bAutoReconnect
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ConnectFailReason', @iTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'ConnectFailReason: ' + @iTmp0
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        RETURN
      END

    --  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Creation Code
    DECLARE @json int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject', @json OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'from_path', '/ocean/starfish.jpg'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'to_path', '/ocean/starfish2.jpg'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateBool', @success OUT, 'allow_shared_folder', 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateBool', @success OUT, 'autorename', 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateBool', @success OUT, 'allow_ownership_transfer', 0

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddHeader', @success OUT, 'Authorization', 'Bearer DROPBOX-ACCESS-TOKEN'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddHeader', @success OUT, 'Content-Type', 'application/json'

    DECLARE @sbRequestBody int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder', @sbRequestBody OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'EmitSb', @success OUT, @sbRequestBody
    DECLARE @sbResponseBody int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder', @sbResponseBody OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'FullRequestSb', @success OUT, 'POST', '/2/files/copy_v2', @sbRequestBody, @sbResponseBody
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbRequestBody
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbResponseBody
        RETURN
      END
    DECLARE @respStatusCode int
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusCode', @respStatusCode OUT
    IF @respStatusCode >= 400
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'Response Status Code = ' + @respStatusCode

        PRINT 'Response Header:'
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseHeader', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0

        PRINT 'Response Body:'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @sbResponseBody, 'GetAsString', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbRequestBody
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbResponseBody
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @jsonResponse int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject', @jsonResponse OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'LoadSb', @success OUT, @sbResponseBody

    --  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Parse Code

    DECLARE @metadataTag nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'StringOf', @metadataTag OUT, 'metadata.".tag"'
    DECLARE @metadataName nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'StringOf', @metadataName OUT, 'metadata.name'
    DECLARE @metadataPath_lower nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'StringOf', @metadataPath_lower OUT, 'metadata.path_lower'
    DECLARE @metadataPath_display nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'StringOf', @metadataPath_display OUT, 'metadata.path_display'
    DECLARE @metadataId nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'StringOf', @metadataId OUT, 'metadata.id'
    DECLARE @metadataClient_modified nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'StringOf', @metadataClient_modified OUT, 'metadata.client_modified'
    DECLARE @metadataServer_modified nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'StringOf', @metadataServer_modified OUT, 'metadata.server_modified'
    DECLARE @metadataRev nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'StringOf', @metadataRev OUT, 'metadata.rev'
    DECLARE @metadataSize int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'IntOf', @metadataSize OUT, 'metadata.size'
    DECLARE @metadataContent_hash nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResponse, 'StringOf', @metadataContent_hash OUT, 'metadata.content_hash'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbRequestBody
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sbResponseBody
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonResponse


END
GO

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"
  }
}