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tiwas
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5 years ago
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Need a little help getting started - want to write a simple text file

Hi, Just found this out of necessity 😉 I need to write a small text file (predefined name, predefined content, no need to append) using either a rest client or http request.   Could someone po...
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    tiwas
    New member | Level 2
    5 years ago

    Thanks for that, it's pretty close to what I'm looking for. However, I have one more question.

     

    Say I wanted to create a file in ~/compTest/test.txt, I would access the following path with the following payload?

     

    https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload

    {
    "path": "/compTest/test.txt",
    "mode": {
        ".tag": "overwrite", 
            "update": "a1c10ce0dd78" 
        }, 
        "autorename": false, 
        "mute": false, 
        "strict_conflict": false 
    }

     Is there a way for me to specify the contents of the file? I would call this from a home automation system, so I don't have anywhere to store local files. The alternative would be to create a template in my dropbox and use the copy_v2 to copy this to the location I need it. It would be a workaround, but not very neat 😉

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      Greg-DB
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      5 years ago

      [Cross-linking for reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66787691/create-file-with-text-with-dropbox-api-rest-or-http ]

       

      Yes, the /2/files/upload endpoint is a "content-upload" style endpoint, so you can supply the file data to upload in the HTTPS request body. You may need to refer to the documentation for whatever HTTPS client you're using for information on how to set the request body.

       

      Also, I notice in the code you posted that you have '".tag": "overwrite"', but then set an 'update' value, which isn't expected. You would only set an 'update' value if you're using '".tag": "update"', there. You can use the API v2 Explorer to help prototype calls like this.

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