PHP ActiveX

Google Drive Insert Permission

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This example demonstrates how to insert a permission for a file (see https://developers.google.com/drive/v2/reference/permissions/insert)

The impetus for creating this example was a need to be able to view files uploaded using a service account key in the Google Drive web interface. When using a service account access token, the files your application will see are those for the service account, and not the files for your main account. For example, the Google Account I use for testing has a username of "support@chilkatcloud.com". (Don't send email to support@chilkatcloud.com, it's just use for testing and not interactively read.) I use "support@chilkatcloud.com" when I log into Google interactively to view files in Google Drive at https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive.

The files I upload to Google Drive using a service account key won't be visible in the browser UI. To make them visible, you need to insert a permission for the file so that the main user account, which in this case is "support@chilkatcloud.com", is a reader. After the permission is inserted, the file will be visible under "Shared with me" -- as if another Google Drive account shared the file with you.

PHP ActiveX

<?php

$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 = new COM("Chilkat.AuthGoogle");
$gAuth->AccessToken = 'GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN';

$rest = new COM("Chilkat.Rest");

// 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);

$rest->AddHeader('Content-Type','application/json; charset=UTF-8');

$json = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$json->AppendString('role','reader');
$json->AppendString('type','user');
$json->AppendString('value','support@chilkatcloud.com');

// A note from a Chilkat customer:
// 
//   My coding attempt was frustrated because I tried a role of "owner".
//   Even when providing the extra parameter of ...?transferOwnership=true
//   that approach fails (400, Bad Request).
// 

// This example is inserting a permission for the file whose fileId is "0By-hrxCCDzSQUGxJY0hzNUFpNmc".
$jsonResponse = $rest->fullRequestString('POST','/drive/v2/files/0By-hrxCCDzSQUGxJY0hzNUFpNmc/permissions',$json->emit());
if ($rest->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if ($rest->ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
    print 'response status code = ' . $rest->ResponseStatusCode . "\n";
    print 'response status text = ' . $rest->ResponseStatusText . "\n";
    print 'response header: ' . $rest->ResponseHeader . "\n";
    print 'response JSON: ' . $jsonResponse . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Show the JSON response.
$json->Load($jsonResponse);

// Show the full JSON response.
$json->EmitCompact = 0;
print $json->emit() . "\n";

print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>