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Upload String to Dropbox

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Uploads a string to a file on Dropbox. This example can upload content up to 150MB, assuming a 150MB string fits in memory for your app. Larger files must be uploaded with an upload session (upload_session/start).

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    DECLARE @iTmp1 int
    DECLARE @iTmp2 int
    DECLARE @iTmp3 int
    DECLARE @iTmp4 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    -- A Dropbox access token should have been previously obtained.
    -- Dropbox access tokens do not expire.
    -- See Dropbox Access Token.

    DECLARE @rest int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Rest', @rest OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Connect to Dropbox
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'content.dropboxapi.com', 443, 1, 1
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        RETURN
      END

    -- Add request headers.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddHeader', @success OUT, 'Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddHeader', @success OUT, 'Authorization', 'Bearer DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN'

    -- The upload "parameters" contained in JSON passed in an HTTP request header.
    -- This is the JSON to be added in this example:
    -- { 
    --    "path": "/jack.txt",
    --    "mode": "add",
    --    "autorename": true,
    --    "mute": false
    -- }

    -- This will be the content of the file created in Dropbox.
    DECLARE @content nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @content = 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy'

    DECLARE @json int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'AppendString', @success OUT, 'path', '/jack.txt'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'AppendString', @success OUT, 'mode', 'add'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'AppendBool', @success OUT, 'autorename', 1
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'AppendBool', @success OUT, 'mute', 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'AddHeader', @success OUT, 'Dropbox-API-Arg', @sTmp0

    -- Do the upload.  The URL is https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload.
    -- We already connected to content.dropboxapi.com using TLS (i.e. HTTPS),
    -- so now we only need to specify the path "/2/files/upload".

    DECLARE @responseStr nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @rest, 'FullRequestString', @responseStr OUT, 'POST', '/2/files/upload', @content
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastMethodSuccess', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        RETURN
      END

    -- When successful, Dropbox responds with a 200 response code.
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 200
      BEGIN
        -- Examine the request/response to see what happened.

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'response status code = ' + @iTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseStatusText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'response status text = ' + @sTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'ResponseHeader', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'response header: ' + @sTmp0

        PRINT 'response body (if any): ' + @responseStr

        PRINT '---'

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastRequestStartLine', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'LastRequestStartLine: ' + @sTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastRequestHeader', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'LastRequestHeader: ' + @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @rest, 'LastRequestHeader', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT 'LastRequestHeader: ' + @sTmp0

    -- The response is JSON.
    DECLARE @jsonResp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jsonResp OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @jsonResp, 'EmitCompact', 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResp, 'Load', @success OUT, @responseStr

    -- Show the JSON response.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResp, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- Returns JSON that looks like this:
    -- { 
    --  "name": "jack.txt",
    --  "path_lower": "/jack.txt",
    --  "path_display": "/jack.txt",
    --  "id": "id:yqx4-tE_NKAAAAAAAAAAAQ",
    --  "client_modified": "2016-06-02T20:42:11Z",
    --  "server_modified": "2016-06-02T20:42:11Z",
    --  "rev": "8482db15f",
    --  "size": 42
    -- }

    -- Sample code to get data from the JSON response:
    DECLARE @size int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResp, 'IntOf', @size OUT, 'size'

    PRINT 'size = ' + @size

    DECLARE @rev nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResp, 'StringOf', @rev OUT, 'rev'

    PRINT 'rev = ' + @rev

    DECLARE @clientModified nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonResp, 'StringOf', @clientModified OUT, 'client_modified'
    DECLARE @ckdt int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.CkDateTime', @ckdt OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ckdt, 'SetFromTimestamp', @success OUT, @clientModified
    DECLARE @bLocalTime int
    SELECT @bLocalTime = 1
    DECLARE @dt int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.DtObj', @dt OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @ckdt, 'ToDtObj', NULL, @bLocalTime, @dt

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Day', @iTmp0 OUT

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Month', @iTmp1 OUT

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Year', @iTmp2 OUT

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Hour', @iTmp3 OUT

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @dt, 'Minute', @iTmp4 OUT
    PRINT @iTmp0 + '/' + @iTmp1 + '/' + @iTmp2 + ' ' + @iTmp3 + ':' + @iTmp4

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @rest
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonResp
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @ckdt
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @dt


END
GO