(Chilkat2-Python) Upload Binary File from Memory

This example demonstrates how to upload a binary file from memory. It uploads the file to a subdirectory of our choosing.

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import sys
import chilkat2

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.

gAuth = chilkat2.AuthGoogle()
gAuth.AccessToken = "GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN"

rest = chilkat2.Rest()

# Connect using TLS.
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.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...
json = chilkat2.JsonObject()
json.AppendString("name","hedgehogs.jpg")
json.AppendString("description","A cute photo of two hedgehogs.")
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 Build Local Metadata Cache
# we built a local cache to make it easy to lookup file IDs given a file path.
# Let's find the file ID for the folder "testFolder/abc/123"
gdCache = chilkat2.Cache()
gdCache.Level = 0
gdCache.AddRoot("C:/ckCache/googleDrive")

folderId = gdCache.FetchText("testFolder/abc/123")
if (gdCache.LastMethodSuccess != True):
    print("Filepath not found in cache.")
    sys.exit()

# parents is a 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.PartSelector = "2"
rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","image/jpeg")

fac = chilkat2.FileAccess()

# Read a JPG file from the local filesystem.
# jpgBytes is a memoryview
jpgBytes = fac.ReadEntireFile("qa_data/jpg/hedgehogs.jpg")

# Add the bytes to our upload
rest.SetMultipartBodyBinary(jpgBytes)

jsonResponse = rest.FullRequestMultipart("POST","/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart")
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess != True):
    print(rest.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if (rest.ResponseStatusCode != 200):
    print("response status code = " + str(rest.ResponseStatusCode))
    print("response status text = " + rest.ResponseStatusText)
    print("response header: " + rest.ResponseHeader)
    print("response JSON: " + jsonResponse)
    sys.exit()

# Show the JSON response.
json.Load(jsonResponse)

# Show the full JSON response.
json.EmitCompact = False
print(json.Emit())

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

# Get the fileId:
print("fileId: " + json.StringOf("id"))