Swift 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}"

Swift Example


func chilkatTest() {
    let rest = CkoRest()
    var success: Bool

    //  URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/copy_v2
    var bTls: Bool = true
    var port: Int = 443
    var bAutoReconnect: Bool = true
    success = rest.Connect("api.dropboxapi.com", port: port, tls: bTls, autoReconnect: bAutoReconnect)
    if success != true {
        print("ConnectFailReason: \(rest.ConnectFailReason.intValue)")
        print("\(rest.LastErrorText)")
        return
    }

    //  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Creation Code
    let json = CkoJsonObject()
    json.UpdateString("from_path", value: "/ocean/starfish.jpg")
    json.UpdateString("to_path", value: "/ocean/starfish2.jpg")
    json.UpdateBool("allow_shared_folder", value: false)
    json.UpdateBool("autorename", value: false)
    json.UpdateBool("allow_ownership_transfer", value: false)

    rest.AddHeader("Authorization", value: "Bearer DROPBOX-ACCESS-TOKEN")
    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type", value: "application/json")

    let sbRequestBody = CkoStringBuilder()
    json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
    let sbResponseBody = CkoStringBuilder()
    success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST", uriPath: "/2/files/copy_v2", requestBody: sbRequestBody, responseBody: sbResponseBody)
    if success != true {
        print("\(rest.LastErrorText)")
        return
    }

    var respStatusCode: Int = rest.ResponseStatusCode.intValue
    if respStatusCode >= 400 {
        print("Response Status Code = \(respStatusCode)")
        print("Response Header:")
        print("\(rest.ResponseHeader)")
        print("Response Body:")
        print("\(sbResponseBody.GetAsString())")
        return
    }

    let jsonResponse = CkoJsonObject()
    jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)

    //  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Parse Code

    var metadataTag: String? = jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.\".tag\"")
    var metadataName: String? = jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.name")
    var metadataPath_lower: String? = jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.path_lower")
    var metadataPath_display: String? = jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.path_display")
    var metadataId: String? = jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.id")
    var metadataClient_modified: String? = jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.client_modified")
    var metadataServer_modified: String? = jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.server_modified")
    var metadataRev: String? = jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.rev")
    var metadataSize: Int = jsonResponse.IntOf("metadata.size").intValue
    var metadataContent_hash: String? = 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"
  }
}