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Create a File in a Folder

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Creates (uploads) a file to be located in a particular folder.

See Google Drive Files: create for more details.

Also See Google Drive Multipart Upload for more details.

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llSuccess = .F.

llSuccess = .T.

// 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.

loGAuth = createobject("CkAuthGoogle")
loGAuth.AccessToken = "GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN"

loRest = createobject("CkRest")

// Connect using TLS.
llBAutoReconnect = .T.
llSuccess = loRest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,.T.,llBAutoReconnect)

// Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
loRest.SetAuthGoogle(loGAuth)

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
// A multipart upload to Google Drive needs a multipart/related Content-Type
loRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","multipart/related")

// Specify each part of the request.

// The 1st part is JSON with information about the file.
loRest.PartSelector = "1"
loRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json; charset=UTF-8")

loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.AppendString("name","testHello.txt")
loJson.AppendString("description","A simple file that says Hello World.")
loJson.AppendString("mimeType","text/plain")

// To place the file in a folder, we must add a parents[] array to the JSON
// and list the folder id's.  It's possible for a file to be in multiple folders at once
// if it has more than one parent.  If no parents are specified, then the file is created
// in the My Drive folder.  
// Note: We'll assume we already have the id if the folder.  It is the id's that are specified here,
// not the folder names.

loParents = createobject("CkJsonArray")
loJson.AppendArray2("parents",loParents)

lcFolderId = "0B53Q6OSTWYolY2tPU1BnYW02T2c"
loParents.AddStringAt(-1,lcFolderId)

loRest.SetMultipartBodyString(loJson.Emit())

// The 2nd part is the file content, which will contain "Hello World!"
loRest.PartSelector = "2"
loRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","text/plain")

lcFileContents = "Hello World!"
loRest.SetMultipartBodyString(lcFileContents)

lcJsonResponse = loRest.FullRequestMultipart("POST","/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart")
if (loRest.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loRest.LastErrorText
    release loGAuth
    release loRest
    release loJson
    release loParents
    return
endif

// A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if (loRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) then
    ? "response status code = " + str(loRest.ResponseStatusCode)
    ? "response status text = " + loRest.ResponseStatusText
    ? "response header: " + loRest.ResponseHeader
    ? "response JSON: " + lcJsonResponse
    release loGAuth
    release loRest
    release loJson
    release loParents
    return
endif

// Show the JSON response.
loJson.Load(lcJsonResponse)

// Show the full JSON response.
loJson.EmitCompact = .F.
? loJson.Emit()

// A successful response looks like this:
// {
//   "kind": "drive#file",
//   "id": "0B53Q6OSTWYoldmJ0Z3ZqT2x5MFk",
//   "name": "Untitled",
//   "mimeType": "text/plain"
// }

// Get the fileId:
? "fileId: " + loJson.StringOf("id")


release loGAuth
release loRest
release loJson
release loParents