Example of DropBox API PUT using Curl and Oauth 2 to Upload a file to DropBox

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I am searching everywhere and haven't been able to locate a suitable example and am not well versed enough to be able to sort it out via the docs. Could someone with more knowledge than I show me how to form the CURL command for OAUTH 2? And is it that I only need the OAUTH 2 secret key? I am being shown an App key, app secret and oauth 2. I am using this in a perl script if it matters.

The closest code I have found is this:

 curl --request PUT --header "Content-Length: `ls -la jonathan.txt | awk '{ print $5}'`" --header         
 "Content-Type: multipart/mixed" --data-binary "@jonathan.txt" "https://api-    
 content.dropbox.com/1/files_put/dropbox/jonathan.txt?access_token=ABCDEF"

But I don't think that is OAUTH 2?

CRAIG · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-10 22:41:14Z

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If you have an access token (created via the app console):

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <your token>" https://api-content.dropbox.com/1/files_put/auto/ -T <your file path>

edited Jan 10, 2015 at 22:41

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answered Jan 10, 2015 at 6:56

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radicaledward101 Over a year ago

It looks like /1/files_put/auto is no longer available. Try /2/files/upload instead: dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/…

curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload --header "Authorization: Bearer <access token>" --header "Dropbox-API-Arg: {\"path\": \"/Homework/math/Matrices.txt\",\"mode\": \"add\",\"autorename\": true,\"mute\": false}" --header "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" --data-binary @local_file.txt

user94559 · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-10 06:49:23Z

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You need an access token for the account. (This is typically acquired by going through the OAuth flow, but you can also get one for your own account by clicking the "Generate" button on the page for your Dropbox app. See https://www.dropbox.com/developers/blog/94/generate-an-access-token-for-your-own-account.)

Once you have an access token, your curl command should probably work, though I prefer --header "Authorization:Bearer abc123xyz" over putting the access token in a query parameter. Also, drop the Content-Type: multipart/mixed, since that's not what you're sending.

I'd also recommend "auto" instead of "dropbox," just because it always does the right thing regardless of the app type.

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CRAIG Over a year ago

Thanks for that. Wish I could approve both, but since Hans made it a bit more simple by laying out the code I gave it to him. However, I do appreciate the extra info.

Tamim · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-29 09:14:47Z

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Here is working codes to upload file in dropbox via CURL request.

curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer <your token>" \
  --header "Dropbox-API-Arg: {\"path\": \"/file_path.txt\",\"mode\": \"add\",\"autorename\": true,\"mute\": false}" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
  --data-binary "@file_path.txt"

answered Mar 29, 2018 at 9:14

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