login¶

This sets up the initial OAuth handshake and returns the login URL. This URL has to be clicked by the user and the user then has to accept the application in dropbox.

Dropbox then redirects back to the callback URL defined with "$self->callback_url". If the user already accepted the application the redirect may happen without the user actually clicking anywhere.

auth¶

The auth method changes the initial request token into access token that we need for subsequent access to the API. This method only has to be called once after login.

account_info¶

account_info polls the users info from dropbox.

list¶

lists all files in the path defined:

    $data = $box->list();           # top-level
    $data = $box->list( "/Photos" ); # folder

The data returned is a ref to a hash containing various fields returned by Dropbox, including a "hash" value, which can be used later to check if Dropbox data beneath a specified folder has changed since the last call.

For this, "list()" accepts an optional 'hash' argument:

    $data = $box->list({ hash => "ce9ccbfb8f255f234c93adcfef33b5a6" },
                       "/Photos");

This will either return

    { http_response_code => 304 }

in which case nothing has changed since the last call, or

    { http_response_code => 200,
      # ... various other fields
    }

if there were modifications.

copy¶

copies a folder
copy($from, $to)

move¶

move a folder
move($from, $to)

mkdir¶

creates a folder
mkdir($path)

delete¶

delete a folder
delete($path)

view¶

creates a cookie protected link for the user to look at.
view($path)

metadata¶

creates a cookie protected link for the user to look at.
metadata($path)

putfile¶

uploads a file to dropbox

getfile¶

get a file from dropbox

debug¶

Set this to a non-false value in order to print some debugging information to STDOUT.
debug(1)

_talk¶

_talk handles the access to the restricted resources. You should normally not need to access this directly.

nonce¶

Generate a different nonce for every request.