Dropbox uploading multiple files with cURL?

Question

So I have multiple .sav files that I want to upload to my Dropbox I already created an app and have an access token

This is the code i have right now How can I make it upload all file with their name to my Dropbox

curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/alpha/upload \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <access-token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/octet-stream' \
  --header 'Dropbox-API-Arg: {"path":"","mode":{".tag":"add"}}' \
  --data-binary @'test.sav'

no, unfortunately curl can only upload 1 file, if you need to upload 2 or more files, you must use something else. may i suggest libwww? — hanshenrik
– hanshenrik, Commented Oct 8, 2017 at 22:06

Dhika_MS · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-16 06:45:06Z

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Just try this

#!/bin/bash

for file in ayam*.txt
do
 curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
--header "Dropbox-API-Arg: {\"path\": \"/${file}\"}" \
--header "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
--data-binary "@${file}"
done;

answered Jan 16, 2020 at 6:45

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nbari · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-09 05:46:49Z

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Give a try to a loop:

$ for i in *.sav; do echo ${i}; done

If that works, it should print the names you will like to upload, then just replace echo ${i} with your curl command:

$ for i in *.sav; do \
curl -X POST https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/alpha/upload \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <access-token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/octet-stream' \
--header 'Dropbox-API-Arg: {"path":"","mode":{".tag":"add"}}' \
--data-binary "@${i}"
done

edited Oct 9, 2017 at 5:46

answered Oct 8, 2017 at 17:53

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2 Comments

user8408288 Over a year ago

It returns this as an error Error in call to API function "files/alpha/upload": HTTP header "Dropbox-API-Arg": could not decode input as JSONWarning: Couldn't read data from file "${i}\", this makes an empty POST.

nbari Over a year ago

I had a typo, give a try with --data-binary "@${i}"

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