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Mark L.45
2 months agoCollaborator | Level 9
Connecting a Seeed ESP32C3 to DropBox [Arduino]
I am trying to figure out how to upload a file on an ESP32C3 [which uses the Arduino IDE] to Dropbox. I am using the generic HTTP API as a basis for doing so. I am effectively converting "curl" com...
- 2 months ago
I figured out what I was doing wrong and posted the working code for the community's benefit.
void uploadFile() { Serial.println("Running Upload_file: "); HTTPClient http; File file = SD.open("/240x320.jpg"); if(!file) { Serial.println("Failed to open file for reading"); return; } int len = file.size(); char size[8]; sprintf(size, "%d", len); static uint8_t buff2[27142] = {255}; static unsigned char encoded[27142] = {255}; int x = file.read(buff2,len); unsigned int base64_length = encode_base64(buff2, len + 1, encoded); close(file); Serial.print("Size "); Serial.println(size); if (http.begin(dropbox_uploadfile)) { // HTTP String token_key = String("Bearer ") + dropbox_token; http.addHeader("Authorization", token_key); String args = "{\"autorename\":false,\"mode\":\"add\",\"mute\":false,\"path\":\"/Homework/math/Uploaded8.txt\",\"strict_conflict\":false}"; http.addHeader("Dropbox-API-Arg",args); String arg2 = "application/octet-stream"; http.addHeader("Content-Type",arg2); String wild = "The luck of the Irish"; int httpCode = http.POST((char*)encoded); String payload = http.getString(); Serial.print("payload: "); Serial.println(payload); http.end(); } }
I posted an article on Medium with the download and list files commands, too, which you can find at this link. Yes, it's behind a paywall, but the first three articles are free.
https://medium.com/me/stats/post/1f755145f504
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Yes, a generic 400 response to an API call like that generally means that the call failed because the servers could not parse the request as a valid HTTP request, indicating that something about the request was malformed.
Are you able to enable any sort of verbose mode so you can view the raw HTTP request? If possible, that may be helpful for debugging this.
Mark L.45
2 months agoCollaborator | Level 9
I figured out why it didn't like the headers, it was the spaces: but I got a new problem. After sending in the request I use a stream to upload the data. Sadly it seems to ignore said stream...
Do you have any more thoughts on this?
- Greg-DB2 months agoDropbox Staff
Thanks for following up. I'm glad to hear you resolved that first issue.
Can you clarify what you mean when you say "it simply doesn't upload anything" though? What response do you get now?
- Greg-DB2 months agoDropbox Staff
By the way, I notice you have a password and access token in your message. Please keep in mind this thread is public, so be sure to redact any sensitive values.
- Mark L.452 months agoCollaborator | Level 9
I accidently posted the entire program, which immediately changed. I am trying to upload a file here. It doesn't upload anything. It doesn't even create an empty file.
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