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Delphi ActiveX

Upload String to Google Cloud Storage

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Demonstrates how to upload an in-memory string to Google Cloud Storage.

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Delphi ActiveX
uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
sbToken: TChilkatStringBuilder;
http: TChilkatHttp;
xml: TChilkatXml;
sbXml: TChilkatStringBuilder;
url: WideString;
resp: TChilkatHttpResponse;
responseCode: Integer;

begin
success := 0;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// This example uses a previously obtained access token having permission for the 
// scope "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"

// In this example, Get Google Cloud Storage OAuth2 Access Token, 
// the service account access token was saved to a text file.  This example fetches the access token from the file..
sbToken := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
sbToken.LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/googleCloudStorageAccessToken.txt','utf-8');

// Send a POST equivalent to this curl command.
// The content of the file is contained in the request body.

// curl -X POST --data-binary @[OBJECT] \
//     -H "Authorization: Bearer [OAUTH2_TOKEN]" \
//     -H "Content-Type: [OBJECT_CONTENT_TYPE]" \
//     "https://www.googleapis.com/upload/storage/v1/b/[BUCKET_NAME]/o?uploadType=media&name=[OBJECT_NAME]"

http := TChilkatHttp.Create(Self);
http.AuthToken := sbToken.GetAsString();

// Create an XML document, and write it to a StringBuilder.
// We'll be uploading this XML document.
xml := TChilkatXml.Create(Self);
xml.Tag := 'note';
xml.UpdateChildContent('to','Tove');
xml.UpdateChildContent('from','Jani');
xml.UpdateChildContent('heading','Reminder');
xml.UpdateChildContent('body','Don''t forget me this weekend!');

// Write the XML to sbXml.
sbXml := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
xml.GetXmlSb(sbXml.ControlInterface);

// sbXml contains this:

// <note>
//     <to>Tove</to>
//     <from>Jani</from>
//     <heading>Reminder</heading>
//     <body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
// </note>

// Construct a URL to upload to an object named "test.xml" in the "chilkat-ocean" bucket.
http.SetUrlVar('bucket_name','chilkat-ocean');
http.SetUrlVar('object_name','test.xml');
url := 'https://www.googleapis.com/upload/storage/v1/b/{$bucket_name}/o?uploadType=media&name={$object_name}';

resp := TChilkatHttpResponse.Create(Self);
success := http.HttpSb('POST',url,sbXml.ControlInterface,'utf-8','application/xml',resp.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(http.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

responseCode := resp.StatusCode;
if (responseCode = 401) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(resp.BodyStr);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('If invalid credentials, then it is likely the access token expired.');
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Your app should automatically fetch a new access token and re-try.');
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Response code: ' + IntToStr(responseCode));
Memo1.Lines.Add('Response body');
Memo1.Lines.Add(resp.BodyStr);

// A successful response looks like this:
// Response code: 200
// Response body
// {
//  "kind": "storage#object",
//  "id": "chilkat-ocean/test.xml/1502669565429870",
//  "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/test.xml",
//  "name": "test.xml",
//  "bucket": "chilkat-ocean",
//  "generation": "1502669565429870",
//  "metageneration": "1",
//  "contentType": "application/xml",
//  "timeCreated": "2017-08-14T00:12:45.379Z",
//  "updated": "2017-08-14T00:12:45.379Z",
//  "storageClass": "MULTI_REGIONAL",
//  "timeStorageClassUpdated": "2017-08-14T00:12:45.379Z",
//  "size": "181",
//  "md5Hash": "TCR0L7TWsw2TzOvfNvgEfA==",
//  "mediaLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/test.xml?generation=1502669565429870&alt=media",
//  "crc32c": "ZFd5sA==",
//  "etag": "CO6Qpq241dUCEAE="
// }
end;