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jiska78
Explorer | Level 3
9 years ago
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Code for APIv2

Sorry, I'm just a hack trying to upload a database backup to dropbox. API v1 worked fine but now I'm forced to migrate.   Here's the code I used to use, with the old API v1 commands and the new A...
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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    9 years ago

    If you want to call the Dropbox API directly, rather than via a library, you can makes HTTPS connections to the endpoints themselves. For example, to upload a file, you would use /2/files/upload. Calling that using curl in PHP would look something like this:

     

        <?php

    $path = 'test_php_upload.txt';
    $fp = fopen($path, 'rb');
    $size = filesize($path);

    $cheaders = array('Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>',
                      'Content-Type: application/octet-stream',
                      'Dropbox-API-Arg: {"path":"/test/'.$path.'", "mode":"add"}');

    $ch = curl_init('https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload');
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $cheaders);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PUT, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST');
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_INFILE, $fp);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, $size);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    $response = curl_exec($ch);

    echo $response;
    curl_close($ch);
    fclose($fp);

    ?>

    `<ACCESS_TOKEN>` should be replaced with the OAuth 2 access token.

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    9 years ago

    The uploaded file path in Dropbox is defined by the "path" parameter in Dropbox-API-Arg.

     

    So, for example, to upload a file "test_php_upload.txt" to root, the path parameter should be "/test_php_upload.txt".

     

    Here's a version of my previous example that would do that:

     

        <?php

    $path = 'test_php_upload.txt';
    $fp = fopen($path, 'rb');
    $size = filesize($path);

    $cheaders = array('Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>',
                      'Content-Type: application/octet-stream',
                      'Dropbox-API-Arg: {"path":"/'.$path.'", "mode":"add"}');

    $ch = curl_init('https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload');
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $cheaders);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PUT, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST');
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_INFILE, $fp);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, $size);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    $response = curl_exec($ch);

    echo $response;
    curl_close($ch);
    fclose($fp);

    ?>

     

Greg-DB's avatar
Greg-DB
Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
9 years ago

It looks like you're using the third party PHP SDK kunalvarma05/dropbox-php-sdk. That's made by a third party so I'm afraid I can't offer help with it.

 

I recommend referring to it's documentation for information on how to use it, or opening an issue there if you need help with it.

 

(If the Dropbox API itself isn't working as expected of course, please share the unexpected behavior/error and we'll be happy to help.)

jiska78's avatar
jiska78
Explorer | Level 3
9 years ago

Hi Greg, thanks for your reply. I'm more than happy to use the Dropbox API rather than a 3rd Party. Not too fussed how it connects to be honest, as long as it does. How do I go about using the Dropbox API to connect and upload a file?

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    9 years ago

    If you want to call the Dropbox API directly, rather than via a library, you can makes HTTPS connections to the endpoints themselves. For example, to upload a file, you would use /2/files/upload. Calling that using curl in PHP would look something like this:

     

        <?php

    $path = 'test_php_upload.txt';
    $fp = fopen($path, 'rb');
    $size = filesize($path);

    $cheaders = array('Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>',
                      'Content-Type: application/octet-stream',
                      'Dropbox-API-Arg: {"path":"/test/'.$path.'", "mode":"add"}');

    $ch = curl_init('https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload');
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $cheaders);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PUT, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST');
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_INFILE, $fp);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, $size);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    $response = curl_exec($ch);

    echo $response;
    curl_close($ch);
    fclose($fp);

    ?>

    `<ACCESS_TOKEN>` should be replaced with the OAuth 2 access token.

    • jiska78's avatar
      jiska78
      Explorer | Level 3
      9 years ago

      Brilliant Greg, that's working, thankyou.
      One problem tho, I am uploading from a local path and it seems to be holding that path in to Dropbox. I just want to upload to the root folder in Dropbox, but every change I make seems to break the code.
      Are you able to assist please?

      <?php

$filename = "/db_" . date('d-m-Y').".zip";
$path = "/dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4" . $filename;
$fp = fopen($path, 'rb');
$size = filesize($path);

$cheaders = array('Authorization: Bearer 1234567890',
'Content-Type: application/octet-stream',
'Dropbox-API-Arg: {"path":"'.$path.'", "mode":"add"}');

$ch = curl_init('https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $cheaders);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PUT, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_INFILE, $fp);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, $size);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);

echo $response;
curl_close($ch);
fclose($fp);
      • Greg-DB's avatar
        Greg-DB
        Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
        9 years ago

        The uploaded file path in Dropbox is defined by the "path" parameter in Dropbox-API-Arg.

         

        So, for example, to upload a file "test_php_upload.txt" to root, the path parameter should be "/test_php_upload.txt".

         

        Here's a version of my previous example that would do that:

         

            <?php

    $path = 'test_php_upload.txt';
    $fp = fopen($path, 'rb');
    $size = filesize($path);

    $cheaders = array('Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>',
                      'Content-Type: application/octet-stream',
                      'Dropbox-API-Arg: {"path":"/'.$path.'", "mode":"add"}');

    $ch = curl_init('https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload');
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $cheaders);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PUT, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST');
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_INFILE, $fp);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, $size);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    $response = curl_exec($ch);

    echo $response;
    curl_close($ch);
    fclose($fp);

    ?>

         

    • mabramsphoto's avatar
      mabramsphoto
      New member | Level 2
      5 years ago

      Hi Greg,

      I used the code that you provided and I was able to get it to work!  It's different than the Postman Collection so the fopen definitely helped.

       

      Anyway, I am coming across the problem of the api not changing the filename if there is already the same named file inside the folder, adding the (#) at the end of the file name.  

      I have "mode" : "add", "autorename" : true but still nada.  

       

      When playing around with the PHP Curl code from Postman, it worked as soon as I removed the drive letter in the path, but no luck here.  Below is my code...any help is greatly appreciated...Thank you!

       

      <?php

      $path = '\Documents\ShXXSh\Sample Report.pdf';
      $fp = fopen($path, 'rb');
      $size = filesize($path);

      $cheaders = array('Dropbox-API-Arg: { "path": "/Bxxx Ox Dxxxxxx/ShXXSh/Test7-9-21/Clue/Sample Report.pdf", "mode": "add", "autorename": true, "mute": false, "strict_conflict": false}',
      'Dropbox-API-Path-Root: {".tag": "namespace_id", "namespace_id": "XXX"}',
      'Dropbox-API-Select-User: dbmid:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX',
      'Content-Type: application/octet-stream',
      'Authorization: Bearer XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX');

      curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $cheaders);
      curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PUT, true);
      curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST');
      curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_INFILE, $fp);
      curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_INFILESIZE, $size);
      curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
      $response = curl_exec($ch);

      echo $response;
      curl_close($ch);
      fclose($fp);

      ?>
      • tahsini's avatar
        tahsini
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        5 years ago

        What is the current behavior you're seeing after uploading? Do you not see any new file uploaded, or do you see the file being updated?

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