Tcl 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}"

Tcl Example

load ./chilkat.dll

set rest [new_CkRest]

#  URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/copy_v2
set bTls 1
set port 443
set bAutoReconnect 1
set success [CkRest_Connect $rest "api.dropboxapi.com" $port $bTls $bAutoReconnect]
if {[expr $success != 1]} then {
    puts "ConnectFailReason: [CkRest_get_ConnectFailReason $rest]"
    puts [CkRest_lastErrorText $rest]
    delete_CkRest $rest
    exit
}

#  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Creation Code
set json [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "from_path" "/ocean/starfish.jpg"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "to_path" "/ocean/starfish2.jpg"
CkJsonObject_UpdateBool $json "allow_shared_folder" 0
CkJsonObject_UpdateBool $json "autorename" 0
CkJsonObject_UpdateBool $json "allow_ownership_transfer" 0

CkRest_AddHeader $rest "Authorization" "Bearer DROPBOX-ACCESS-TOKEN"
CkRest_AddHeader $rest "Content-Type" "application/json"

set sbRequestBody [new_CkStringBuilder]

CkJsonObject_EmitSb $json $sbRequestBody
set sbResponseBody [new_CkStringBuilder]

set success [CkRest_FullRequestSb $rest "POST" "/2/files/copy_v2" $sbRequestBody $sbResponseBody]
if {[expr $success != 1]} then {
    puts [CkRest_lastErrorText $rest]
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbRequestBody
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbResponseBody
    exit
}

set respStatusCode [CkRest_get_ResponseStatusCode $rest]
if {[expr $respStatusCode >= 400]} then {
    puts "Response Status Code = $respStatusCode"
    puts "Response Header:"
    puts [CkRest_responseHeader $rest]
    puts "Response Body:"
    puts [CkStringBuilder_getAsString $sbResponseBody]
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbRequestBody
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbResponseBody
    exit
}

set jsonResponse [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_LoadSb $jsonResponse $sbResponseBody

#  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Parse Code

set metadataTag [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jsonResponse "metadata.\".tag\""]
set metadataName [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jsonResponse "metadata.name"]
set metadataPath_lower [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jsonResponse "metadata.path_lower"]
set metadataPath_display [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jsonResponse "metadata.path_display"]
set metadataId [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jsonResponse "metadata.id"]
set metadataClient_modified [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jsonResponse "metadata.client_modified"]
set metadataServer_modified [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jsonResponse "metadata.server_modified"]
set metadataRev [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jsonResponse "metadata.rev"]
set metadataSize [CkJsonObject_IntOf $jsonResponse "metadata.size"]
set metadataContent_hash [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jsonResponse "metadata.content_hash"]

delete_CkRest $rest
delete_CkJsonObject $json
delete_CkStringBuilder $sbRequestBody
delete_CkStringBuilder $sbResponseBody
delete_CkJsonObject $jsonResponse

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"
  }
}