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OneDrive -- Upload Large Files with an Upload Session

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Demonstrates how to upload large files with an upload session. See OneDrive Upload Session for more general information.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

'  This example uses the OAuth client credentials flow.
'  See How to Create an Azure App Registration for OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials

'  Use your client ID, client secret, and tenant ID in the following lines
Dim json As ChilkatJsonObject
json.Initialize
json.UpdateString("client_id", "2871da2c-8176-4b7f-869b-2311aa82e743")
json.UpdateString("client_secret", "2hu9Q~r5QuryUcEkNbg1btLtnfU1VUXzhSCG6brH")
json.UpdateString("scope", "https://graph.microsoft.com/.default")
json.UpdateString("token_endpoint", "https://login.microsoftonline.com/114d7ed6-71bf-4dbe-a866-748364121bf2/oauth2/v2.0/token")

Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("http")
http.AuthToken = json.Emit

'  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
'  Step 1: Create an upload session

'  To begin a large file upload, your app must first request a new upload session. This creates a 
'  temporary storage location where the bytes of the file will be saved until the complete file is uploaded. 
'  Once the last byte of the file has been uploaded the upload session is completed and the final file is shown 
'  in the destination folder.

'  Send the following POST to create an upload session:
'  If not using "me", then the path should be /v1.0/users/{id | userPrincipalName}/...
'  POST /v1.0/users/{user_id}/drive/root:/{path_to_item}:/createUploadSession

http.SetUrlVar("path_to_item", "/somefolder/big.zip")
http.SetUrlVar("user_id", "4fe732c3-322e-4a6b-b729-2fd1eb5c6104")
Dim url As String = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$user_id}/drive/root:/{$path_to_item}:/createUploadSession"
Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
resp.Initialize
success = http.HttpStr("POST", url, "{}", "utf-8", "application/json", resp)
If success = False Then
    Log(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  If successful, a 200 status code is returned, with the session details (in JSON format).
Dim jsonSession As ChilkatJsonObject
jsonSession.Initialize
jsonSession.EmitCompact = False
jsonSession.Load(resp.BodyStr)

If resp.StatusCode <> 200 Then

    Log(jsonSession.Emit)
    Log("Response status = " & resp.StatusCode)
    Return
End If


Log(jsonSession.Emit)

'  A sample response:

'  	{
'  	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#microsoft.graph.uploadSession",
'  	  "uploadUrl": "https://api.onedrive.com/rup/3a33fceb9b74cc15/eyJSZXNvdXJjZUlEI ... 65yDYUiS3JTDnnhqCHxw",
'  	  "expirationDateTime": "2017-06-11T12:40:23.239Z",
'  	  "nextExpectedRanges": [
'  	    "0-"
'  	  ]
'  	}
'  

'  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
'  Step 2: Upload Data in Segments (a.k.a. Fragments or Chunks)

'  Microsoft states this requirement: Use a fragment size that is a multiple of 320 KiB (320 * 1024 bytes). 
'  Failing to use a fragment size that is a multiple of 320 KiB can result in large file transfers failing after the 
'  last fragment is uploaded.  (Note: This is a detail imposed by Microsoft's OneDrive server-side implementation.)

Dim fragSize As Int = 320 * 1024
Dim localFilePath As String = "qa_data/zips/big.zip"

'  Upload the file big.zip in 320KiB segments.
'  Note: The FileSize method returns a signed 32-bit integer.  If the file is potentially larger than 2GB, call FileSizeStr instead to return
'  the size of the file as a string, then convert to an integer value.
Dim fac As ChilkatFileAccess
fac.Initialize
Dim fileSize As Int = fac.FileSize(localFilePath)

'  Open the file to get the number of fragments.
success = fac.OpenForRead(localFilePath)
If success = False Then
    Log(fac.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim numFragments As Int = fac.GetNumBlocks(fragSize)
fac.FileClose

Dim i As Int = 0

Log("fileSize = " & fileSize)
Log("numFragments = " & numFragments)

Dim uploadUrl As ChilkatUrl
uploadUrl.Initialize
uploadUrl.ParseUrl(jsonSession.StringOf("uploadUrl"))

json.EmitCompact = False

Dim req As ChilkatHttpRequest
req.Initialize
req.HttpVerb = "PUT"
req.Path = uploadUrl.PathWithQueryParams
req.ContentType = "application/octet-stream"

Dim sbOffset As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbOffset.Initialize
Dim sbNumBytes As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbNumBytes.Initialize
Dim sbRange As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbRange.Initialize

'  IMPORTANT: The uploadUrl is a temporary URL to be used to upload the fragment.
'  It requires no authentication (because the URL itself could only have been obtained from an authenticated
'  request to start the upload session).  Therefore, do not allow the upload URL to be publicly seen,
'  otherwise anybody could upload to your OneDrive.
http.AuthToken = ""

Dim bytesRemaining As Int = fileSize
Do While i < numFragments

    '  The success response code for intermediate chunks is 202,
    '  whereas the final chunk will have a 201 success response where
    '  the response body is the JSON DriveItem.
    Dim chunkSize As Int = fragSize
    Dim expectedStatusCode As Int = 202
    If bytesRemaining < chunkSize Then
        chunkSize = bytesRemaining
        expectedStatusCode = 201
    End If

    Log("  this chunkSize = " & chunkSize)

    '  Indicate the fragment in the local file to be streamed in the upload.
    sbOffset.Clear
    sbOffset.AppendInt(i * fragSize)
    sbNumBytes.Clear
    sbNumBytes.AppendInt(chunkSize)
    req.StreamChunkFromFile(localFilePath, sbOffset.GetAsString, sbNumBytes.GetAsString)

    '  The Content-Range header field must be set for this fragment.  For example:
    '  Content-Range: bytes 0-25/128
    sbRange.SetString("bytes start-end/fileSize")
    Dim numReplaced As Int = sbRange.ReplaceI("start", i * fragSize)
    numReplaced = sbRange.ReplaceI("end", i * fragSize + chunkSize - 1)
    numReplaced = sbRange.ReplaceI("fileSize", fileSize)
    req.AddHeader("Content-Range", sbRange.GetAsString)
    Log("  this content-range: " & sbRange.GetAsString)

    Dim domain As String = uploadUrl.Host
    success = http.HttpSReq(domain, 443, True, req, resp)
    If success = False Then
        Log(http.LastErrorText)
        Return
    End If


    json.Load(resp.BodyStr)
    '  A 202 response status code indicates success.
    If resp.StatusCode <> expectedStatusCode Then

        Log(json.Emit)
        Log("Response status = " & resp.StatusCode)
        Return
    End If

    Log(json.Emit)
    Log("---- Chunk " & i & " uploaded ----")

    bytesRemaining = bytesRemaining - chunkSize
    i = i + 1
Loop

Log("data uploaded.")

'  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
'  Sample output for the above session:

'  {
'    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#microsoft.graph.uploadSession",
'    "uploadUrl": "https://api.onedrive.com/rup/3a33fceb9b74cc15/eyJSZXNvd ... QoKK2iuh1A",
'    "expirationDateTime": "2017-06-11T14:04:45.438Z",
'    "nextExpectedRanges": [
'      "0-"
'    ]
'  }
'  
'  fileSize = 1366807
'  numFragments = 5
'    this chunkSize = 327680
'    this content-range: bytes 0-327679/1366807
'  {
'    "expirationDateTime": "2017-06-11T14:04:45.438Z",
'    "nextExpectedRanges": [
'      "327680-1366806"
'    ]
'  }
'  
'  ---- Chunk 0 uploaded ----
'    this chunkSize = 327680
'    this content-range: bytes 327680-655359/1366807
'  {
'    "expirationDateTime": "2017-06-11T14:04:45.438Z",
'    "nextExpectedRanges": [
'      "655360-1366806"
'    ]
'  }
'  
'  ---- Chunk 1 uploaded ----
'    this chunkSize = 327680
'    this content-range: bytes 655360-983039/1366807
'  {
'    "expirationDateTime": "2017-06-11T14:04:45.438Z",
'    "nextExpectedRanges": [
'      "983040-1366806"
'    ]
'  }
'  
'  ---- Chunk 2 uploaded ----
'    this chunkSize = 327680
'    this content-range: bytes 983040-1310719/1366807
'  {
'    "expirationDateTime": "2017-06-11T14:04:45.438Z",
'    "nextExpectedRanges": [
'      "1310720-1366806"
'    ]
'  }
'  
'  ---- Chunk 3 uploaded ----
'    this chunkSize = 56087
'    this content-range: bytes 1310720-1366806/1366807
'  {
'    "createdBy": {
'      "application": {
'        "displayName": "Chilkat",
'        "id": "441c9990"
'      },
'      "user": {
'        "id": "3a33fceb9b74cc15"
'      }
'    },
'    "createdDateTime": "2017-06-04T14:04:47.247Z",
'    "cTag": "aYzozQTMzRkNFQjlCNzRDQzE1ITQ4NjguMjU3",
'    "eTag": "aM0EzM0ZDRUI5Qjc0Q0MxNSE0ODY4LjA",
'    "id": "3A33FCEB9B74CC15!4868",
'    "lastModifiedBy": {
'      "application": {
'        "displayName": "Chilkat",
'        "id": "441c9990"
'      },
'      "user": {
'        "id": "3a33fceb9b74cc15"
'      }
'    },
'    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-06-04T14:04:47.247Z",
'    "name": "big.zip",
'    "parentReference": {
'      "driveId": "3a33fceb9b74cc15",
'      "id": "3A33FCEB9B74CC15!4862",
'      "name": "someFolder",
'      "path": "/drive/root:/someFolder"
'    },
'    "size": 1366807,
'    "webUrl": "https://1drv.ms/u/s!ABXMdJvr_DM6pgQ",
'    "file": {
'      "hashes": {
'        "sha1Hash": "252059AA13004220DB912B97D4D3FF9599CCD8D9"
'      },
'      "mimeType": "application/zip"
'    },
'    "fileSystemInfo": {
'      "createdDateTime": "2017-06-04T14:04:47.246Z",
'      "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-06-04T14:04:47.246Z"
'    },
'    "tags": [
'    ],
'    "lenses": [
'    ]
'  }
'  
'  Response status = 201