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Manage Bucket Storage Class

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Demonstrates how to manage a bucket's default storage class.

See Cloud Storage Classes for information about storage classes.

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Java
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    //  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 
    //  scope "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"

    //  In this example, Get Google Cloud Storage OAuth2 Access Token, 
    //  the service account access token was saved to a text file.  This example fetches the access token from the file..
    CkStringBuilder sbToken = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleCloudStorageAccessToken.txt","utf-8");

    //  ---- Step 1
    //  Create the JSON body of the PUT request that will be sent.

    //  {
    //    "storageClass": "[STORAGE_CLASS]"
    //  }
    //  

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    //  Be careful if using the "regional" storage class.  See the note below about the 400 error response.
    json.UpdateString("storageClass","nearline");

    //  ---- Step 2
    //  Send a PUT equivalent to this curl command

    //  curl -X PUT --data-binary @[JSON_FILE_NAME].json \
    //      -H "Authorization: Bearer [OAUTH2_TOKEN]" \
    //      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    //      "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/[BUCKET_NAME]?fields=storageClass"

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    http.put_AuthToken(sbToken.getAsString());

    http.SetUrlVar("bucket_name","chilkat-ocean");
    String url = "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/{$bucket_name}?fields=storageClass";
    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpJson("PUT",url,json,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    int responseCode = resp.get_StatusCode();
    if (responseCode == 401) {
        System.out.println(resp.bodyStr());
        System.out.println("If invalid credentials, then it is likely the access token expired.");
        System.out.println("Your app should automatically fetch a new access token and re-try.");
        return;
        }

    //  On my first try at running this code, I received the following error response:
    //  Response code: 400
    //  Response body
    //  {
    //   "error": {
    //    "errors": [
    //     {
    //      "domain": "global",
    //      "reason": "invalid",
    //      "message": "The combination of locationConstraint and storageClass you provided is not supported for your project"
    //     }
    //    ],
    //    "code": 400,
    //    "message": "The combination of locationConstraint and storageClass you provided is not supported for your project"
    //   }
    //  }
    //  

    //  This was because my storage location was a Multi-regional location, and I tried to assign the "regional" storage class,
    //  which is not allowed. 

    System.out.println("Response code: " + responseCode);
    System.out.println("Response body");
    System.out.println(resp.bodyStr());

    //  A response code = 200 indicates success, and the response body contains the JSON
    //  
    //  Response code: 200
    //  Response body
    //  {
    //   "storageClass": "NEARLINE"
    //  }
    //
  }
}