1.Download and install Java JDK 7(Oracle one or the OpenJDK)
2.Download and Install IDE like Eclipse or Netbeans(Preferred)
3.Create a Dropbox Developer Account(Skip this step is you already have it)
4.Create an App at https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps and Select Full access
5.Save your APP key and APP secret for later USE
6.Download the Dropbox Java SDK from https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/sdk
7.Fire your IDE and Import all the Jar files inside your "lib" folder of your dropbox SDK . If you dont know how to import ,then check some youtube videos to do this
8.Now you are ready to code :D
Here's The Code to upload and Download file.
package javaapplication11;
import com.dropbox.client2.DropboxAPI;
import com.dropbox.client2.DropboxAPI.DropboxFileInfo;
import com.dropbox.client2.DropboxAPI.Entry;
import com.dropbox.client2.exception.DropboxException;
import com.dropbox.client2.session.AccessTokenPair;
import com.dropbox.client2.session.AppKeyPair;
import com.dropbox.client2.session.RequestTokenPair;
import com.dropbox.client2.session.Session.AccessType;
import com.dropbox.client2.session.WebAuthSession;
import com.dropbox.client2.session.WebAuthSession.WebAuthInfo;
import java.awt.Desktop;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
/**
*
* @author pranay
*/
public class JavaApplication11
{
private static final String APP_KEY = "Your APP key that you got from step 5";
private static final String APP_SECRET = "Your APP Secret that you got from step 5";
private static final AccessType ACCESS_TYPE = AccessType.APP_FOLDER;
private static DropboxAPI
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
AppKeyPair appKeys = new AppKeyPair(APP_KEY, APP_SECRET);
WebAuthSession session = new WebAuthSession(appKeys, ACCESS_TYPE);
WebAuthInfo authInfo = session.getAuthInfo();
RequestTokenPair pair = authInfo.requestTokenPair;
String url = authInfo.url;
Desktop.getDesktop().browse(new URL(url).toURI());
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Press ok to continue once you have authenticated.");
session.retrieveWebAccessToken(pair);
AccessTokenPair tokens = session.getAccessTokenPair();
System.out.println("Use this token pair in future so you don't have to re-authenticate each time:");
System.out.println("Key token: " + tokens.key);
System.out.println("Secret token: " + tokens.secret);
mDBApi = new DropboxAPI
System.out.println();
System.out.print("Uploading file...");
String fileContents = "Hello World!";
ByteArrayInputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(fileContents.getBytes());
Entry newEntry = mDBApi.putFile("/testing.txt", inputStream, fileContents.length(), null, null);
System.out.println("Done. \nRevision of file: " + newEntry.rev);
FileOutputStream outputStream = null;
File file = new File("//home/pranay/file.txt");
outputStream = new FileOutputStream(file);
DropboxFileInfo info = mDBApi.getFile("/testing.txt", null, outputStream, null);
}
}
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