Xamarin.Forms DropboxService API v2

DropBoxService.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

using Dropbox.Api;
using Dropbox.Api.Files;

using HLI.Forms.Services;

using Xamarin.Forms;

namespace MyApp
{
    public class DropBoxService
    {
        #region Constants

        private const string AppKeyDropboxtoken = "MyDropboxToken";

        private const string ClientId = "MyDropboxClientId";
        
        private const string RedirectUri = "https://www.anysite.se/";

        #endregion

        #region Fields

        /// <summary>
        ///     Occurs when the user was authenticated
        /// </summary>
        public Action OnAuthenticated;

        private string oauth2State;

        #endregion

        #region Properties

        private string AccessToken { get; set; }

        #endregion

        #region Public Methods and Operators

        /// <summary>
        ///     <para>Runs the Dropbox OAuth authorization process if not yet authenticated.</para>
        ///     <para>Upon completion <seealso cref="OnAuthenticated"/> is called</para>
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>An asynchronous task.</returns>
        public async Task Authorize()
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.AccessToken) == false)
            {
                // Already authorized
                this.OnAuthenticated?.Invoke();
                return;
            }

            if (this.GetAccessTokenFromSettings())
            {
                // Found token and set AccessToken 
                return;
            }

            // Run Dropbox authentication
            this.oauth2State = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N");
            var authorizeUri = DropboxOAuth2Helper.GetAuthorizeUri(OAuthResponseType.Token, ClientId, new Uri(RedirectUri), this.oauth2State);
            var webView = new WebView { Source = new UrlWebViewSource { Url = authorizeUri.AbsoluteUri } };
            webView.Navigating += this.WebViewOnNavigating;
            var contentPage = new ContentPage { Content = webView };
            await Application.Current.MainPage.Navigation.PushModalAsync(contentPage);
        }
        
        public async Task<IList<Metadata>> ListFiles()
        {
            try
            {
                using (var client = this.GetClient())
                {
                    var list = await client.Files.ListFolderAsync(string.Empty);
                    return list?.Entries;
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                AppService.WriteDebug(ex);
                return null;
            }
        }

        public async Task<byte[]> ReadFile(string file)
        {
            try
            {
                using (var client = this.GetClient())
                {
                    var response = await client.Files.DownloadAsync(file);
                    var bytes = response?.GetContentAsByteArrayAsync();
                    return bytes?.Result;
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                AppService.WriteDebug(ex);
                return null;
            }
        }

        public async Task<FileMetadata> WriteFile(byte[] fileContent, string filename)
        {
            try
            {
                var commitInfo = new CommitInfo(filename, WriteMode.Overwrite.Instance, false, DateTime.Now);

                using (var client = this.GetClient())
                {
                    var metadata = await client.Files.UploadAsync(commitInfo, new MemoryStream(fileContent));
                    return metadata;
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                AppService.WriteDebug(ex);
                return null;
            }
        }

        #endregion

        #region Methods

        /// <summary>
        ///     Saves the Dropbox token to app settings
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="token">Token received from Dropbox authentication</param>
        private static async Task SaveDropboxToken(string token)
        {
            if (token == null)
            {
                return;
            }

            try
            {
                Application.Current.Properties.Add(AppKeyDropboxtoken, token);
                await Application.Current.SavePropertiesAsync();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                AppService.WriteDebug(ex);
            }
        }

        private DropboxClient GetClient()
        {
            return new DropboxClient(this.AccessToken);
        }

        /// <summary>
        ///     Tries to find the Dropbox token in application settings
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>Token as string or <c>null</c></returns>
        private bool GetAccessTokenFromSettings()
        {
            try
            {
                if (!Application.Current.Properties.ContainsKey(AppKeyDropboxtoken))
                {
                    return false;
                }

                this.AccessToken = Application.Current.Properties[AppKeyDropboxtoken]?.ToString();
                if (this.AccessToken != null)
                {
                    this.OnAuthenticated.Invoke();
                    return true;
                }

                return false;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                AppService.WriteDebug(ex);
                return false;
            }
        }

        private async void WebViewOnNavigating(object sender, WebNavigatingEventArgs e)
        {
            if (!e.Url.StartsWith(RedirectUri, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
            {
                // we need to ignore all navigation that isn't to the redirect uri.
                return;
            }

            try
            {
                var result = DropboxOAuth2Helper.ParseTokenFragment(new Uri(e.Url));

                if (result.State != this.oauth2State)
                {
                    return;
                }

                this.AccessToken = result.AccessToken;

                await SaveDropboxToken(this.AccessToken);
                this.OnAuthenticated?.Invoke();
            }
            catch (ArgumentException)
            {
                // There was an error in the URI passed to ParseTokenFragment
            }
            finally
            {
                e.Cancel = true;
                await Application.Current.MainPage.Navigation.PopModalAsync();
            }
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

DropBoxViewModel.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Input;

using Xamarin.Forms;

namespace HLI.Forms.ViewModels
{
    /// <summary>
    ///     Implements DropBoxService
    /// </summary>
    public class DropBoxViewModel 
    {
        #region Fields

        private readonly DropBoxService dropBoxService = new DropBoxService();
        
        #endregion

        #region Constructors and Destructors

        public DropBoxViewModel()
        {
            this.DropBoxGetCommand = new DelegateCommand(this.OnDropboxGet);
            this.DropBoxSaveCommand = new DelegateCommand(this.OnDropboxSave);
        }

        #endregion

        #region Public Properties

        public ICommand DropBoxGetCommand { get; }

        public ICommand DropBoxSaveCommand { get; }

        public UriImageSource DropboxIcon
            =>
            new UriImageSource
                {
                    Uri =
                        new Uri(
                            new OnPlatform<string>
                                {
                                    WinPhone = "https://www.dropbox.com/s/affuim5lv2dqcq2/dropbox-windows-8.png?dl=1",
                                    iOS = "https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zcxbhhco5x0bwmm/AAD6Nq7vmOBalRfOOe9oIa_va?dl=1",
                                    Android = "https://www.dropbox.com/s/0l0fpn9yytzb1t7/dropbox-android.png?dl=1"
                                })
                };

        #endregion

        #region Methods

        private async void LoadDatabase()
        {
            try
            {
                // Read the database from DropBox folder
                var db = await this.dropBoxService.ReadFile("DropBoxDatabasePath");

                // Write the database to storage
                await this.sqLite.WriteDatabase(db);

                AppService.WriteDebug("Drobpox", "Loaded database OK!");
                
                // Go back to origin
                // await this.NavigationService.GoBackAsync();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
            }
        }

        private async void OnDropboxGet()
        {
            // If the user authenticates - loads database to Dropbox
            this.dropBoxService.OnAuthenticated += this.LoadDatabase;
            await this.dropBoxService.Authorize();
        }

        private async void OnDropboxSave()
        {
            // If the user authenticates - save database to Dropbox
            this.dropBoxService.OnAuthenticated += this.SaveDatabase;
            await this.dropBoxService.Authorize();
        }

        private async void SaveDatabase()
        {
            try
            {
                // Read the database from app storage
                var db = this.sqLite.ReadDatabase();

                // Write the database to DropBox folder
                await this.dropBoxService.WriteFile(db, "DropBoxDatabasePath");

                AppService.WriteDebug("Drobpox", "Saved database OK!");
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                AppService.WriteDebug(ex);
                await this.MainPage.DisplayAlert("Dropbox", $"Something went wrong. If the problem persists, please contact us", "OK");
            }
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

I'm working through this and am extremely grateful but a bit more explanation on your tutorial on medium.com about things like client ID and the redirect URI to use would be extremely useful. I have no idea what either of these things is and Dropbox don't appear to provide much help. Back to Google, I guess...

Hi, Does this code cater to Scoped Develoopment app? I am little confused what to set to AppKeyDropboxtoken and ClientId as I don't see the exact names on creating app on Dropbox portal. Do they respectively mean 'OAuth2 Access Token' and 'App key'?

Hi, Does this code cater to Scoped Develoopment app? I am little confused what to set to AppKeyDropboxtoken and ClientId as I don't see the exact names on creating app on Dropbox portal. Do they respectively mean 'OAuth2 Access Token' and 'App key'?

Can't say it does. It's a 3 years old hack for a platform I don't use any more.