(C) Download Binary File to In-Memory Bytes

This example demonstrates how to download the binary content of a file from Google Drive directly into local memory.

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#include <C_CkAuthGoogle.h>
#include <C_CkRest.h>
#include <C_CkCache.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>
#include <C_CkByteData.h>
#include <C_CkFileAccess.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkAuthGoogle gAuth;
    HCkRest rest;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkCache gdCache;
    const char *fileId;
    HCkStringBuilder sbPath;
    int statusCode;
    const char *errResponseBody;
    HCkByteData jpgBytes;
    HCkFileAccess fac;

    success = TRUE;

    // 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.

    gAuth = CkAuthGoogle_Create();
    CkAuthGoogle_putAccessToken(gAuth,"GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN");

    rest = CkRest_Create();

    // Connect using TLS.
    // A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many Google Drive REST API calls.
    // The auto-reconnect indicates that if the already-established HTTPS connection is closed,
    // then it will be automatically re-established as needed.
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRest_Connect(rest,"www.googleapis.com",443,TRUE,bAutoReconnect);

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

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // To download a file, we must know the file ID.
    // In a previous example (see Build Local Metadata Cache
    // we built a local cache to make it easy to lookup file IDs given a file path.
    // Let's say we want to download "testFolder/abc/123/penguins.jpg".
    // First we lookup the fileId in the cache.  With the fileId, we can download the file.
    gdCache = CkCache_Create();
    CkCache_putLevel(gdCache,0);
    CkCache_AddRoot(gdCache,"C:/ckCache/googleDrive");

    fileId = CkCache_fetchText(gdCache,"testFolder/abc/123/penguins.jpg");
    if (CkCache_getLastMethodSuccess(gdCache) != TRUE) {
        printf("Filepath not found in cache.\n");
        CkAuthGoogle_Dispose(gAuth);
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkCache_Dispose(gdCache);
        return;
    }

    // We need to send a GET request like this:
    // GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/fileId?alt=media
    // The fileId is part of the path.
    sbPath = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sbPath,"/drive/v3/files/");
    CkStringBuilder_Append(sbPath,fileId);
    CkRest_AddQueryParam(rest,"alt","media");

    // To download to memory, we'll send the request in one call, then receive
    // the response header, and then the response body.
    // If the response header indicates failure or an unexpected response, then the
    // body is not the data we desire.

    // First send the HTTP request.
    success = CkRest_SendReqNoBody(rest,"GET",CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbPath));
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkAuthGoogle_Dispose(gAuth);
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkCache_Dispose(gdCache);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbPath);
        return;
    }

    // Get the response header.
    statusCode = CkRest_ReadResponseHeader(rest);
    if (statusCode != 200) {
        printf("response status code = %d\n",CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest));
        printf("response status text = %s\n",CkRest_responseStatusText(rest));
        printf("response header: %s\n",CkRest_responseHeader(rest));

        // Read the response body (which should be error text or HTML)
        errResponseBody = CkRest_readRespBodyString(rest);
        if (CkRest_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) == TRUE) {
            printf("response body: %s\n",errResponseBody);
        }

        CkAuthGoogle_Dispose(gAuth);
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkCache_Dispose(gdCache);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbPath);
        return;
    }

    // Read the response body, which should contain the file data.
    jpgBytes = CkByteData_Create();
    success = CkRest_ReadRespBodyBinary(rest,jpgBytes);
    if (CkRest_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkAuthGoogle_Dispose(gAuth);
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkCache_Dispose(gdCache);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbPath);
        CkByteData_Dispose(jpgBytes);
        return;
    }

    // Save jpgBytes to a file so we can examine the file to verify that it worked.
    fac = CkFileAccess_Create();
    CkFileAccess_WriteEntireFile(fac,"qa_output/penguins_out.jpg",jpgBytes);

    printf("File downloaded.\n");


    CkAuthGoogle_Dispose(gAuth);
    CkRest_Dispose(rest);
    CkCache_Dispose(gdCache);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbPath);
    CkByteData_Dispose(jpgBytes);
    CkFileAccess_Dispose(fac);

    }