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Get Object MetaData from Google Cloud Storage

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Demonstrates how to download a Google Cloud Storage object's metadata.

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Chilkat2 Java
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.StringBuilder;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // 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..
        StringBuilder sbToken = new StringBuilder();
        sbToken.loadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleCloudStorageAccessToken.txt", "utf-8");

        // Send a GET equivalent to this curl command.

        // curl -X GET \
        //     -H "Authorization: Bearer [OAUTH2_TOKEN]" \
        //     -o "[SAVE_TO_LOCATION]" \
        //     "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/[BUCKET_NAME]/o/[OBJECT_NAME]?projection=full"

        Http http = new Http();

        http.setAuthToken(sbToken.getAsString());

        // Construct a URL to download the metadata for the object named "starfish.jpg" located in the "chilkat-ocean" bucket.
        http.setUrlVar("bucket_name", "chilkat-ocean");
        http.setUrlVar("object_name", "starfish.jpg");
        String url = "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/{$bucket_name}/o/{$object_name}?projection=full";

        // If there is an error response, then we didn't actually download the metadata,
        // but instead we downloaded an error response..
        StringBuilder sbMetaData = new StringBuilder();
        try {
            http.downloadSb(url, "utf-8", sbMetaData);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        int responseCode = http.getLastStatus();
        if (responseCode == 401) {
            System.out.println("If invalid credentials, then it is likely the access token expired.");
            System.out.println("Your app should automatically fetch a new access token and re-try.");
        }

        if (responseCode != 200) {
            System.out.println("Error response code = " + responseCode);
            System.out.println("Error:");
            System.out.println(sbMetaData.getAsString());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println(sbMetaData.getAsString());
        System.out.println("Success.");

        // Sample output:

        // {
        //  "kind": "storage#object",
        //  "id": "chilkat-ocean/starfish.jpg/1502670320090292",
        //  "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/starfish.jpg",
        //  "name": "starfish.jpg",
        //  "bucket": "chilkat-ocean",
        //  "generation": "1502670320090292",
        //  "metageneration": "1",
        //  "contentType": "image/jpeg",
        //  "timeCreated": "2017-08-14T00:25:20.040Z",
        //  "updated": "2017-08-14T00:25:20.040Z",
        //  "storageClass": "MULTI_REGIONAL",
        //  "timeStorageClassUpdated": "2017-08-14T00:25:20.040Z",
        //  "size": "6229",
        //  "md5Hash": "LpxZ2/JmI2fcl9/dqF2gSA==",
        //  "mediaLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/starfish.jpg?generation=1502670320090292&alt=media",
        //  "acl": [
        //   {
        //    "kind": "storage#objectAccessControl",
        //    "id": "chilkat-ocean/starfish.jpg/1502670320090292/project-owners-933037264567",
        //    "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/starfish.jpg/acl/project-owners-933037264567",
        //    "bucket": "chilkat-ocean",
        //    "object": "starfish.jpg",
        //    "generation": "1502670320090292",
        //    "entity": "project-owners-933037264567",
        //    "role": "OWNER",
        //    "projectTeam": {
        //     "projectNumber": "933037264567",
        //     "team": "owners"
        //    },
        //    "etag": "CLT5kpW71dUCEAE="
        //   },
        //   {
        //    "kind": "storage#objectAccessControl",
        //    "id": "chilkat-ocean/starfish.jpg/1502670320090292/project-editors-933037264567",
        //    "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/starfish.jpg/acl/project-editors-933037264567",
        //    "bucket": "chilkat-ocean",
        //    "object": "starfish.jpg",
        //    "generation": "1502670320090292",
        //    "entity": "project-editors-933037264567",
        //    "role": "OWNER",
        //    "projectTeam": {
        //     "projectNumber": "933037264567",
        //     "team": "editors"
        //    },
        //    "etag": "CLT5kpW71dUCEAE="
        //   },
        //   {
        //    "kind": "storage#objectAccessControl",
        //    "id": "chilkat-ocean/starfish.jpg/1502670320090292/project-viewers-933037264567",
        //    "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/starfish.jpg/acl/project-viewers-933037264567",
        //    "bucket": "chilkat-ocean",
        //    "object": "starfish.jpg",
        //    "generation": "1502670320090292",
        //    "entity": "project-viewers-933037264567",
        //    "role": "READER",
        //    "projectTeam": {
        //     "projectNumber": "933037264567",
        //     "team": "viewers"
        //    },
        //    "etag": "CLT5kpW71dUCEAE="
        //   },
        //   {
        //    "kind": "storage#objectAccessControl",
        //    "id": "chilkat-ocean/starfish.jpg/1502670320090292/user-starfish@chilkat-176611.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
        //    "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/starfish.jpg/acl/user-starfish@chilkat-176611.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
        //    "bucket": "chilkat-ocean",
        //    "object": "starfish.jpg",
        //    "generation": "1502670320090292",
        //    "entity": "user-starfish@chilkat-176611.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
        //    "role": "OWNER",
        //    "email": "starfish@chilkat-176611.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
        //    "etag": "CLT5kpW71dUCEAE="
        //   }
        //  ],
        //  "owner": {
        //   "entity": "user-starfish@chilkat-176611.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
        //  },
        //  "crc32c": "9RjgwQ==",
        //  "etag": "CLT5kpW71dUCEAE="
        // }
        //
    }
}