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Google Drive - Build a Local Cache of Metadata

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This example demonstrates how to download the metadata for all files in a Google Drive account to create a local filesystem cache with the information. The cache can be used to fetch information without having to query Google Drive.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

$success = 1;

# 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 = chilkat::CkAuthGoogle->new();
$gAuth->put_AccessToken("GOOGLE_DRIVE_ACCESS_TOKEN");

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

# Connect using TLS.
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,1,$bAutoReconnect);

# Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
$rest->SetAuthGoogle($gAuth);

# -------------------------------------------------------------------
# Initialize our cache object.  Indicate the location of the root cache directory, and how many cache levels are to exist.
# For small caches (level 0) all cache files are in the root directory.
# For medium caches (level 1) cache files are located in 256 sub-directories from the root.
# For large caches (level 2) cache files are located in 256x256 sub-directories two levels down from the root.
$gdCache = chilkat::CkCache->new();
$gdCache->put_Level(0);
# Use a root directory that makes sense on your operating system..
$gdCache->AddRoot("C:/ckCache/googleDrive");

# If we are re-building the cache, we can first delete the entire contents of the cache.
$numCacheFilesDeleted = $gdCache->DeleteAll();

# Create a date/time object with an time 7 days from the current date/time.
$dtExpire = chilkat::CkDateTime->new();
$dtExpire->SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
$dtExpire->AddDays(7);

# Indicate that we want ALL possible fields.
# If no fields are indicated, then only the basic fields are returned.
$allFields = "appProperties,capabilities,contentHints,createdTime,description,explicitlyTrashed,fileExtension,folderColorRgb,fullFileExtension,headRevisionId,iconLink,id,imageMediaMetadata,isAppAuthorized,kind,lastModifyingUser,md5Checksum,mimeType,modifiedByMeTime,modifiedTime,name,originalFilename,ownedByMe,owners,parents,permissions,properties,quotaBytesUsed,shared,sharedWithMeTime,sharingUser,size,spaces,starred,thumbnailLink,trashed,version,videoMediaMetadata,viewedByMe,viewedByMeTime,viewersCanCopyContent,webContentLink,webViewLink,writersCanShare";

# We're going to keep a master list of fileId's as we iterate over all the files in this Google Drive account.
# This master list will also be saved to the cache under the key "AllGoogleDriveFileIds".
$jsonMaster = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();

$jsonMasterArr = chilkat::CkJsonArray->new();
$jsonMaster->AppendArray2("fileIds",$jsonMasterArr);

# Also keep a list of file paths.
$jsonMasterPaths = chilkat::CkJsonArray->new();
$jsonMaster->AppendArray2("filePaths",$jsonMasterPaths);

# The default page size is 100, with a max of 1000.
$rest->AddQueryParam("pageSize","200");

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();

# Send the request for the 1st page.
$jsonResponse = $rest->fullRequestNoBody("GET","/drive/v3/files");

$pageNumber = 1;

$bContinueLoop = $rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() and ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() == 200);

while ($bContinueLoop == 1) {

    print "---- Page " . $pageNumber . " ----" . "\r\n";
    $json->Load($jsonResponse);

    $numFiles = $json->SizeOfArray("files");
    $i = 0;
    while ($i < $numFiles) {
        # Add this file ID to the master list.
        $json->put_I($i);
        $jsonMasterArr->AddStringAt(-1,$json->stringOf("files[i].id"));

        $i = $i + 1;
    }

    # Get the next page of files.
    # If the "nextPageToken" is present in the JSON response, then use it in the "pageToken" parameter
    # for the next request.   If no "nextPageToken" was present, then this was the last page of files.
    $pageToken = $json->stringOf("nextPageToken");
    $bContinueLoop = 0;
    $bHasMorePages = $json->get_LastMethodSuccess();
    if ($bHasMorePages == 1) {
        $rest->ClearAllQueryParams();
        $rest->AddQueryParam("pageSize","200");
        $rest->AddQueryParam("pageToken",$pageToken);
        $jsonResponse = $rest->fullRequestNoBody("GET","/drive/v3/files");
        $bContinueLoop = $rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() and ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() == 200);
        $pageNumber = $pageNumber + 1;
    }

}

# Check to see if the above loop exited with errors...
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Check to see if the above loop exited with errors...
# A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
    print "response status code = " . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\r\n";
    print "response status text = " . $rest->responseStatusText() . "\r\n";
    print "response header: " . $rest->responseHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "response JSON: " . $jsonResponse . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Iterate over the file IDs and download the metadata for each, saving each to the cache...
# Also, keep in-memory hash entries of the name and parent[0] so we can quickly 
# build the path-->fileId cache entries. (Given that the Google Drive REST API uses
# fileIds, this gives us an easy way to lookup a fileId based on a filePath.)
$hashTable = chilkat::CkHashtable->new();
# Set the capacity of the hash table to something reasonable for the number of files
# to be hashed.
$hashTable->ClearWithNewCapacity(521);

$sbPathForFileId = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();

# Used for storing the file name and parents[0] in the hashTable.
$saFileInfo = chilkat::CkStringArray->new();
$saFileInfo->put_Unique(0);

$numFiles = $jsonMaster->SizeOfArray("fileIds");
$i = 0;
while ($i < $numFiles) {
    $jsonMaster->put_I($i);
    $fileId = $jsonMaster->stringOf("fileIds[i]");
    $sbPathForFileId->SetString("/drive/v3/files/");
    $sbPathForFileId->Append($fileId);

    $rest->ClearAllQueryParams();
    $rest->AddQueryParam("fields",$allFields);
    $jsonResponse = $rest->fullRequestNoBody("GET",$sbPathForFileId->getAsString());
    if (($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) or ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200)) {
        # Force an exit of this loop..
        $numFiles = 0;
    }

    # Save this file's metadata to the local cache.
    # The lookup key is the fileId.
    $gdCache->SaveTextDt($fileId,$dtExpire,"",$jsonResponse);

    # Get this file's name and parent[0], and put this information
    # in our in-memory hashtable to be used below..
    $json->Load($jsonResponse);

    $saFileInfo->Clear();
    $saFileInfo->Append($json->stringOf("name"));
    $saFileInfo->Append($json->stringOf("parents[0]"));
    $hashTable->AddStr($fileId,$saFileInfo->serialize());

    print $json->stringOf("name") . ", " . $json->stringOf("parents[0]") . "\r\n";

    $i = $i + 1;
}

# Check to see if the above loop exited with errors...
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Check to see if the above loop exited with errors...
# A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
    print "response status code = " . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\r\n";
    print "response status text = " . $rest->responseStatusText() . "\r\n";
    print "response header: " . $rest->responseHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "response JSON: " . $jsonResponse . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Now that all the fileId's are in the cache, let's build the directory path
# for each fileID.  

# (Technically, a fileId can have multiple parents, which means it can be in multiple directories
# at once.  This is only going to build directory paths following the 0'th parent ID in the parents list.)

# The directory path for files in "My Drive" will be just the filename.
# For files in sub-directories, the path will be relative, such as "subdir1/subdir2/something.pdf"
# 

print "---- building paths ----" . "\r\n";

$sbPath = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$numFiles = $jsonMaster->SizeOfArray("fileIds");
$i = 0;
while ($i < $numFiles) {
    $jsonMaster->put_I($i);

    $sbPath->Clear();

    $fileId = $jsonMaster->stringOf("fileIds[i]");
    $bFinished = 0;
    while (($bFinished == 0)) {
        $saFileInfo->Clear();
        $saFileInfo->AppendSerialized($hashTable->lookupStr($fileId));
        # Append this file or directory name.
        $sbPath->Prepend($saFileInfo->getString(0));
        # Get the parent fileId
        $fileId = $saFileInfo->getString(1);
        # If this fileId is not in the hashtable, then it's the fileId for "My Drive", and we are finished.
        if ($hashTable->Contains($fileId) == 0) {
            $bFinished = 1;
        }
        else {
            $sbPath->Prepend("/");
        }

    }

    print $i . ": " . $sbPath->getAsString() . "\r\n";

    # Store the filePath --> fileId mapping in our local cache.
    $fileId = $jsonMaster->stringOf("fileIds[i]");
    $gdCache->SaveTextDt($sbPath->getAsString(),$dtExpire,"",$fileId);

    $jsonMasterPaths->AddStringAt(-1,$sbPath->getAsString());

    $i = $i + 1;
}

# Save the master list of file IDs and file paths to the local cache.
$jsonMaster->put_EmitCompact(0);
$strJsonMaster = $jsonMaster->emit();
$gdCache->SaveTextNoExpire("AllGoogleDriveFileIds","",$strJsonMaster);
print "JSON Master Record:" . "\r\n";
print $strJsonMaster . "\r\n";

# The JSON Master Cache Record looks something like this:
# An application can load the JSON master record and iterate over all the files
# in Google Drive by file ID, or by path.  
# {
#   "fileIds": [
#     "0B53Q6OSTWYolQlExSlBQT1phZXM",
#     "0B53Q6OSTWYolVHRPVkxtYWFtZkk",
#     "0B53Q6OSTWYolRGZEV3ZGUTZfNFk",
#     "0B53Q6OSTWYolS2FXSjliMXQxSU0",
#     "0B53Q6OSTWYolZUhxckMzb0dRMzg",
#     "0B53Q6OSTWYolbUF6WS1Gei1oalk",
#     "0B53Q6OSTWYola296ODZUSm5GYU0",
#     "0B53Q6OSTWYolbTE3c3J5RHBUcHM",
#     "0B53Q6OSTWYolTmhybWJSUGd5Q2c",
#     "0B53Q6OSTWYolY2tPU1BnYW02T2c",
#     "0B53Q6OSTWYolTTBBR2NvUE81Zzg",
#   ],
#   "filePaths": [
#     "testFolder/abc/123/pigs.json",
#     "testFolder/starfish20.jpg",
#     "testFolder/penguins2.jpg",
#     "testFolder/starfish.jpg",
#     "testFolder/abc/123/starfish.jpg",
#     "testFolder/abc/123/penguins.jpg",
#     "testFolder/abc/123",
#     "testFolder/abc",
#     "testFolder/testHello.txt",
#     "testFolder",
#     "helloWorld.txt",
#   ]
# }

print "Entire cache rebuilt..." . "\r\n";