PowerShell/Docs/upload-to-dropbox.md

The upload-to-dropbox.ps1 PowerShell Script

This PowerShell script uploads a local file to Dropbox.

Parameters

upload-to-dropbox.ps1 [-SourceFilePath] <String> [<CommonParameters>]

-SourceFilePath <String>
    
    Required?                    true
    Position?                    1
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       true (ByValue)
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> .\upload-to-dropbox.ps1 my.txt

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Source Code

<# .SYNOPSIS Uploads a file to Dropbox .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script uploads a local file to Dropbox. .PARAMETER Path Specifies the path to the local file .EXAMPLE PS> .\upload-to-dropbox.ps1 my.txt .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #>

param([Parameter (Mandatory = $True, ValueFromPipeline = $True)] [Alias("f")] [string]$SourceFilePath)

try { $DropBoxAccessToken = "YOUR-DROPBOX-ACCESS-TOKEN-HERE" # Replace with your DropBox Access Token $outputFile = Split-Path $SourceFilePath -leaf $TargetFilePath="/$outputFile" $arg = '{ "path": "' + $TargetFilePath + '", "mode": "add", "autorename": true, "mute": false }' $authorization = "Bearer " + $DropBoxAccessToken $headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.DictionaryString],[String" $headers.Add("Authorization", $authorization) $headers.Add("Dropbox-API-Arg", $arg) $headers.Add("Content-Type", 'application/octet-stream') Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload -Method Post -InFile $SourceFilePath -Headers $headers exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0]) after $Elapsed sec." exit 1 }

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