(Classic ASP) Google Drive Insert Permission

This example demonstrates how to insert a permission for a file (see https://developers.google.com/drive/v2/reference/permissions/insert)

The impetus for creating this example was a need to be able to view files uploaded using a service account key in the Google Drive web interface. When using a service account access token, the files your application will see are those for the service account, and not the files for your main account. For example, the Google Account I use for testing has a username of "support@chilkatcloud.com". (Don't send email to support@chilkatcloud.com, it's just use for testing and not interactively read.) I use "support@chilkatcloud.com" when I log into Google interactively to view files in Google Drive at https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive.

The files I upload to Google Drive using a service account key won't be visible in the browser UI. To make them visible, you need to insert a permission for the file so that the main user account, which in this case is "support@chilkatcloud.com", is a reader. After the permission is inserted, the file will be visible under "Shared with me" -- as if another Google Drive account shared the file with you.

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 1

' It 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.

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.AuthGoogle")
set gAuth = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.AuthGoogle")
gAuth.AccessToken = "GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN"

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest")
set rest = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

' Connect using TLS.
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,1,bAutoReconnect)

' Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
success = rest.SetAuthGoogle(gAuth)

success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json; charset=UTF-8")

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.AppendString("role","reader")
success = json.AppendString("type","user")
success = json.AppendString("value","support@chilkatcloud.com")

' A note from a Chilkat customer:
' 
'   My coding attempt was frustrated because I tried a role of "owner".
'   Even when providing the extra parameter of ...?transferOwnership=true
'   that approach fails (400, Bad Request).
' 

' This example is inserting a permission for the file whose fileId is "0By-hrxCCDzSQUGxJY0hzNUFpNmc".
jsonResponse = rest.FullRequestString("POST","/drive/v2/files/0By-hrxCCDzSQUGxJY0hzNUFpNmc/permissions",json.Emit())
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "response status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "response status text = " & rest.ResponseStatusText) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "response JSON: " & jsonResponse) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Show the JSON response.
success = json.Load(jsonResponse)

' Show the full JSON response.
json.EmitCompact = 0
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( json.Emit()) & "</pre>"

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Success.") & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
</html>