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DropboxHelper

Minimalist helper to use the complete PHP SDK for Dropbox's v2 API Alorel/dropbox-v2-php. Simplifies at best the following uses at Dropbox:

• read/write/delete a file
• list a folder from the path
• list the delta of a folder from the cursor
• get account information of the connected account

Installation

Via Composer

$ composer require headoo/dropboxhelper

Utilisation

Load the helper:

<?php
    use \Headoo\DropboxHelper\DropboxHelper;

    $dropboxHelper = new DropboxHelper($yourAppDropboxToken);
?>

or

<?php
    $dropboxHelper = new DropboxHelper();
    $dropboxHelper->setToken($yourAppDropboxToken);
?>

Write/Read/Delete a file:

<?php
    use \Headoo\DropboxHelper\DropboxHelper;

    $dropboxHelper = new DropboxHelper($yourAppDropboxToken);

    $dropboxHelper->write('/Path/To/The/File', 'put your content here');
    $dropboxHelper->read('/Path/To/The/File');
    $dropboxHelper->delete('/Path/To/The/File');
?>

List a folder from the path:

<?php
    use \Headoo\DropboxHelper\DropboxHelper;

    $dropboxHelper = new DropboxHelper($yourAppDropboxToken);

    $oFolder = $dropboxHelper->loadFolderPath('/Path/To/List');
    while ($oFolder && ($aMedia = $oFolder->next())) {
        if (DropboxHelper::isFolder($aMedia)) {
            echo $aMedia['name'] . ' is a folder';
        }
        if (DropboxHelper::isFile($aMedia)) {
            echo $aMedia['name'] . ' is a file';
        } 
    }
?>

List a folder from the cursor:

<?php
    use \Headoo\DropboxHelper\DropboxHelper;

    $dropboxHelper = new DropboxHelper($yourAppDropboxToken);

    $oFolder = $dropboxHelper->loadFolderCursor('--this--is--the--last--cursor--of--the--folder--');
    while ($oFolder && ($aMedia = $oFolder->next())) {
        if (DropboxHelper::isFolder($aMedia)) {
            echo $aMedia['name'] . ' is a folder';
        }
        if (DropboxHelper::isFile($aMedia)) {
            echo $aMedia['name'] . ' is a file';
        }
    }
    
    echo "The last cursor of the folder is: " . $oFolder->getCursor();
?>

Unit Test

Prerequisite

git clone https://github.com/Headoo/DropboxHelper.git
composer install

Test

To test this project with PHPUnit, declare following environment variables:

$ export DROPBOX_TOKEN="YourAppDropboxToken"
$ export DROPBOX_FOLDER_PATH="/Path/In/Your/Dropbox/To/Test"

• Your app Dropbox Token can be found here https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps
• For folder path, do not forget the leading slash (/)

Then, launch PHPUnit:

$ ./vendor/phpunit/phpunit/phpunit -c phpunit.xml

Links

• Alorel/dropbox-v2-php
• Dropbox API explorer