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SmartPhoneLover
7 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Upload/Download files via shell (Android-Linux)
Hi all,
I'm looking for upload and download files from an Application folder I have created on my account (with token). -> e.g. = Applications > app_name > Private > file.xxx
The code I will use on shell will be:
curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload \
--header "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN" \
--header "Dropbox-API-Arg: {\"path\": \"/Private/file.xxx\"}" \
--header "Content-Type: application/octet-stream"
Quesitons:
· Is the above code correct? Does it requiere more things to be added/modified?
· What should I add to the code to pick a specific file from x location to be uploaded? (e.g. = want to upload temp.txt file from /sdcard/Download/folder1/*)
· How may have this code to be modified to allow getting back that file, from my Dropxbox account, to my device again. (download file) [I think that replacing '...2/files/upload' by '.../download' will be enought]
Thanks.
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Your code seems to be missing the part where you supply the file data for upload. You can find a sample of what the upload API call should look like in the documentation here:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-upload
Likewise, the download call has documentation and a sample here:
https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-download
The API v2 Explorer can be useful for building these calls, e.g., for upload and download.
- SmartPhoneLoverExplorer | Level 3
Thank you. Yes, I forgot to add '--data-binay @...' at the end. Now works pefect!
Thanks!
- SmartPhoneLoverExplorer | Level 3I tried:
cd /sdcard/Download ; curl -X -O POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/download \
--header "Authorization: Bearer TOKEN_ID" \
--header "Dropbox-API-Arg: {\"path\": \"/Private/fmc_database.db\"}"
...but Terminal tell me that Dropbox does not support the '-O' argument. So, what I need to add to the cmd to allow saving the file to my local storage's device?
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