Unicode C 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}"

Unicode C Example

#include <C_CkRestW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilderW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkRestW rest;
    BOOL success;
    BOOL bTls;
    int port;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkJsonObjectW json;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbRequestBody;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbResponseBody;
    int respStatusCode;
    HCkJsonObjectW jsonResponse;
    const wchar_t *metadataTag;
    const wchar_t *metadataName;
    const wchar_t *metadataPath_lower;
    const wchar_t *metadataPath_display;
    const wchar_t *metadataId;
    const wchar_t *metadataClient_modified;
    const wchar_t *metadataServer_modified;
    const wchar_t *metadataRev;
    int metadataSize;
    const wchar_t *metadataContent_hash;

    rest = CkRestW_Create();

    //  URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/copy_v2
    bTls = TRUE;
    port = 443;
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRestW_Connect(rest,L"api.dropboxapi.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"ConnectFailReason: %d\n",CkRestW_getConnectFailReason(rest));
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    //  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Creation Code
    json = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"from_path",L"/ocean/starfish.jpg");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"to_path",L"/ocean/starfish2.jpg");
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateBool(json,L"allow_shared_folder",FALSE);
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateBool(json,L"autorename",FALSE);
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateBool(json,L"allow_ownership_transfer",FALSE);

    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"Authorization",L"Bearer DROPBOX-ACCESS-TOKEN");
    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"Content-Type",L"application/json");

    sbRequestBody = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_EmitSb(json,sbRequestBody);
    sbResponseBody = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    success = CkRestW_FullRequestSb(rest,L"POST",L"/2/files/copy_v2",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    respStatusCode = CkRestW_getResponseStatusCode(rest);
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        wprintf(L"Response Status Code = %d\n",respStatusCode);
        wprintf(L"Response Header:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_responseHeader(rest));
        wprintf(L"Response Body:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkStringBuilderW_getAsString(sbResponseBody));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    jsonResponse = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_LoadSb(jsonResponse,sbResponseBody);

    //  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Parse Code

    metadataTag = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jsonResponse,L"metadata.\".tag\"");
    metadataName = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jsonResponse,L"metadata.name");
    metadataPath_lower = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jsonResponse,L"metadata.path_lower");
    metadataPath_display = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jsonResponse,L"metadata.path_display");
    metadataId = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jsonResponse,L"metadata.id");
    metadataClient_modified = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jsonResponse,L"metadata.client_modified");
    metadataServer_modified = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jsonResponse,L"metadata.server_modified");
    metadataRev = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jsonResponse,L"metadata.rev");
    metadataSize = CkJsonObjectW_IntOf(jsonResponse,L"metadata.size");
    metadataContent_hash = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jsonResponse,L"metadata.content_hash");


    CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(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"
  }
}