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Upload String to Google Cloud Storage

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Demonstrates how to upload an in-memory string to Google Cloud Storage.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

# 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..
$sbToken = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$sbToken->LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleCloudStorageAccessToken.txt","utf-8");

# Send a POST equivalent to this curl command.
# The content of the file is contained in the request body.

# curl -X POST --data-binary @[OBJECT] \
#     -H "Authorization: Bearer [OAUTH2_TOKEN]" \
#     -H "Content-Type: [OBJECT_CONTENT_TYPE]" \
#     "https://www.googleapis.com/upload/storage/v1/b/[BUCKET_NAME]/o?uploadType=media&name=[OBJECT_NAME]"

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();
$http->put_AuthToken($sbToken->getAsString());

# Create an XML document, and write it to a StringBuilder.
# We'll be uploading this XML document.
$xml = chilkat::CkXml->new();
$xml->put_Tag("note");
$xml->UpdateChildContent("to","Tove");
$xml->UpdateChildContent("from","Jani");
$xml->UpdateChildContent("heading","Reminder");
$xml->UpdateChildContent("body","Don't forget me this weekend!");

# Write the XML to sbXml.
$sbXml = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$xml->GetXmlSb($sbXml);

# sbXml contains this:

# <note>
#     <to>Tove</to>
#     <from>Jani</from>
#     <heading>Reminder</heading>
#     <body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
# </note>

# Construct a URL to upload to an object named "test.xml" in the "chilkat-ocean" bucket.
$http->SetUrlVar("bucket_name","chilkat-ocean");
$http->SetUrlVar("object_name","test.xml");
$url = "https://www.googleapis.com/upload/storage/v1/b/{$bucket_name}/o?uploadType=media&name={$object_name}";

$resp = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpSb("POST",$url,$sbXml,"utf-8","application/xml",$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$responseCode = $resp->get_StatusCode();
if ($responseCode == 401) {
    print $resp->bodyStr() . "\r\n";
    print "If invalid credentials, then it is likely the access token expired." . "\r\n";
    print "Your app should automatically fetch a new access token and re-try." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Response code: " . $responseCode . "\r\n";
print "Response body" . "\r\n";
print $resp->bodyStr() . "\r\n";

# A successful response looks like this:
# Response code: 200
# Response body
# {
#  "kind": "storage#object",
#  "id": "chilkat-ocean/test.xml/1502669565429870",
#  "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/test.xml",
#  "name": "test.xml",
#  "bucket": "chilkat-ocean",
#  "generation": "1502669565429870",
#  "metageneration": "1",
#  "contentType": "application/xml",
#  "timeCreated": "2017-08-14T00:12:45.379Z",
#  "updated": "2017-08-14T00:12:45.379Z",
#  "storageClass": "MULTI_REGIONAL",
#  "timeStorageClassUpdated": "2017-08-14T00:12:45.379Z",
#  "size": "181",
#  "md5Hash": "TCR0L7TWsw2TzOvfNvgEfA==",
#  "mediaLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/test.xml?generation=1502669565429870&alt=media",
#  "crc32c": "ZFd5sA==",
#  "etag": "CO6Qpq241dUCEAE="
# }