(Android™) Google Drive - Upload File

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This example demonstrates how to upload a file to Google Drive. The assumption is that the file can be loaded into memory and uploaded. It is also possible to stream large files to Google Drive, but the code required is a little more complex.

For more information, see https://developers.google.com/drive/api/guides/manage-uploads#http_1

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = true;

    // 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 
    // Google Drive scope. 
    // See Get Google Drive OAuth2 Access Token

    CkAuthGoogle gAuth = new CkAuthGoogle();
    gAuth.put_AccessToken("GOOGLE_DRIVE_ACCESS_TOKEN");

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();

    // Connect using TLS.
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);

    // Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
    rest.SetAuthGoogle(gAuth);

    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // A multipart upload to Google Drive needs a multipart/related Content-Type
    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","multipart/related");

    // Specify each part of the request.

    // The 1st part is JSON with information about the file.
    rest.put_PartSelector("1");
    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json; charset=UTF-8");

    // Construct the JSON that will contain the metadata about the file data to be uploaded...
    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.AppendString("name","starfish.jpg");
    json.AppendString("description","A picture of a starfish.");
    json.AppendString("mimeType","image/jpeg");

    // To place the file in a folder, we must add a parents[] array to the JSON
    // and add the folder ID.  
    // In a previous example (see Lookup Google Drive Folder ID
    // we showed how to find the folder ID for a folder in Google Drive.

    // Use the folder ID we already looked up..
    String folderId = "1Fksv-TfA1ILii1YjXsNa1-rDu8Cdrg72";
    CkJsonArray parents = json.AppendArray("parents");
    parents.AddStringAt(-1,folderId);

    rest.SetMultipartBodyString(json.emit());

    // The 2nd part is the file content, which will contain the binary image data.
    rest.put_PartSelector("2");
    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","image/jpeg");

    CkBinData jpgBytes = new CkBinData();
    success = jpgBytes.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg");

    // Add the data to our upload
    rest.SetMultipartBodyBd(jpgBytes);

    String jsonResponse = rest.fullRequestMultipart("POST","/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart");
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        Log.i(TAG, "response status code = " + String.valueOf(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()));
        Log.i(TAG, "response status text = " + rest.responseStatusText());
        Log.i(TAG, "response header: " + rest.responseHeader());
        Log.i(TAG, "response JSON: " + jsonResponse);
        return;
        }

    json.Load(jsonResponse);

    // Show the full JSON response.
    json.put_EmitCompact(false);
    Log.i(TAG, json.emit());

    // A successful response looks like this:
    // {
    //   "kind": "drive#file",
    //   "id": "0B53Q6OSTWYoldmJ0Z3ZqT2x5MFk",
    //   "name": "starfish.jpg",
    //   "mimeType": "image/jpeg"
    // }

    // Get the fileId:
    Log.i(TAG, "fileId: " + json.stringOf("id"));

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}