Perl

Get File Metadata

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Gets a file's metadata or content by ID.

See Google Drive Files get for additional details.

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.
# A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many Google Drive REST API calls.
# The auto-reconnect indicates that if the already-established HTTPS connection is closed,
# then it will be automatically re-established as needed.
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,1,$bAutoReconnect);

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

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# We need to send a GET request like this:
# GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/fileId
# The fileId is part of the path.
$sbPath = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$sbPath->Append("/drive/v3/files/");
# Assume we previously obtained the fileId for the file of interest...
$sbPath->Append("0B53Q6OSTWYolbUF6WS1Gei1oalk");

# 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";

$rest->AddQueryParam("fields",$allFields);

$jsonResponse = $rest->fullRequestNoBody("GET",$sbPath->getAsString());
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# 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;
}

# ---------------------------------------------------
# Sample code for parsing this JSON is shown below...
# ---------------------------------------------------

# A successful response looks like this:
# {
#   "kind": "drive#file",
#   "id": "0B53Q6OSTWYolbUF6WS1Gei1oalk",
#   "name": "penguins.jpg",
#   "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
#   "starred": false,
#   "trashed": false,
#   "explicitlyTrashed": false,
#   "parents": [
#     "0B53Q6OSTWYola296ODZUSm5GYU0"
#   ],
#   "spaces": [
#     "drive"
#   ],
#   "version": "672",
#   "webContentLink": "https://docs.google.com/a/chilkatcloud.com/uc?id=0B53Q6OSTWYolbUF6WS1Gei1oalk&export=download",
#   "webViewLink": "https://drive.google.com/a/chilkatcloud.com/file/d/0B53Q6OSTWYolbUF6WS1Gei1oalk/view?usp=drivesdk",
#   "iconLink": "https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/doclist/images/icon_11_image_list.png",
#   "thumbnailLink": "https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/uIV1dJdc8vsAQzaaIInpc9AV55AcdHhpM7fQeI2RN2qbCSnhjK9IDdNQAOTtkvjS9ZObqw=s220",
#   "viewedByMe": true,
#   "viewedByMeTime": "2016-10-08T12:38:02.258Z",
#   "createdTime": "2016-10-08T12:38:02.258Z",
#   "modifiedTime": "2016-10-08T12:38:02.258Z",
#   "modifiedByMeTime": "2016-10-08T12:38:02.258Z",
#   "owners": [
#     {
#       "kind": "drive#user",
#       "displayName": "Matthew Smith",
#       "me": true,
#       "permissionId": "08366696655122259092",
#       "emailAddress": "support@chilkatcloud.com"
#     }
#   ],
#   "lastModifyingUser": {
#     "kind": "drive#user",
#     "displayName": "Matthew Smith",
#     "me": true,
#     "permissionId": "08366696655122259092",
#     "emailAddress": "support@chilkatcloud.com"
#   },
#   "shared": false,
#   "ownedByMe": true,
#   "capabilities": {
#     "canEdit": true,
#     "canComment": true,
#     "canShare": true,
#     "canCopy": true,
#     "canReadRevisions": true
#   },
#   "viewersCanCopyContent": true,
#   "writersCanShare": true,
#   "permissions": [
#     {
#       "kind": "drive#permission",
#       "id": "08366696655122259092",
#       "type": "user",
#       "emailAddress": "support@chilkatcloud.com",
#       "role": "owner",
#       "displayName": "Matthew Smith"
#     }
#   ],
#   "originalFilename": "penguins.jpg",
#   "fullFileExtension": "jpg",
#   "fileExtension": "jpg",
#   "md5Checksum": "9d377b10ce778c4938b3c7e2c63a229a",
#   "size": "777835",
#   "quotaBytesUsed": "777835",
#   "headRevisionId": "0B53Q6OSTWYolUUlHVFhHdFlXQ0R1aHZuT0tORTVzc2h5NnZjPQ",
#   "imageMediaMetadata": {
#     "width": 1024,
#     "height": 768,
#     "rotation": 0,
#     "time": "2009:03:12 13:48:35"
#   },
#   "isAppAuthorized": false
# }

# Iterate over each file in the response and show the name, id, and mimeType.
$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->Load($jsonResponse);

# Show the full JSON response.
$json->put_EmitCompact(0);
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";
print "-" . "\r\n";

# Demonstrate how to get pieces of information:
print "Original Filename: " . $json->stringOf("originalFilename") . "\r\n";

$wasLastModifiedUserMe = $json->BoolOf("lastModifyingUser.me");
print "Was Last Modified by Me: " . $wasLastModifiedUserMe . "\r\n";

# Assuming this is an image file...
$width = $json->IntOf("imageMediaMetadata.width");
print "Image Width: " . $width . "\r\n";

# Iterate over parents...

$numParents = $json->SizeOfArray("parents");
$i = 0;
while ($i < $numParents) {
    $json->put_I($i);
    print "Parent " . $i . ": " . $json->stringOf("parents[i]") . "\r\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}

# Iterate over owners...
$numOwners = $json->SizeOfArray("owners");
$i = 0;
while ($i < $numOwners) {
    $json->put_I($i);
    print "Owner " . $i . ": kind=" . $json->stringOf("owners[i].kind") . " displayName=" . $json->stringOf("owners[i].displayName") . "\r\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}

# Iterate over permissions...
$numPermissions = $json->SizeOfArray("permissions");
$i = 0;
while ($i < $numPermissions) {
    $json->put_I($i);
    print "Permission " . $i . ": kind=" . $json->stringOf("permissions[i].kind") . " id=" . $json->stringOf("permissions[i].id") . "\r\n";
    $i = $i + 1;
}