PowerShell/docs/upload-to-dropbox.md

Script: upload-to-dropbox.ps1

This PowerShell script uploads a local file to Dropbox.

Parameters

PS> ./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

Script Content

<#
.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.Dictionary[[String],[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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