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Lower-Level REST API Methods (Google Cloud Storage)

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The FullRequest* methods, such as FullRequestBinary, FullRequestMultipart, FullRequestNoBody, FullRequestStream, FullRequestString, etc. are high-level REST API methods that both send the request and receive the response. It is often the case that an application needs make a REST call, but with a finer level of control. The Chilkat REST API provides this feature. An application can break a REST call into the following parts:

1. Send the HTTP request. (via the SendReq* methods)
2. Receive the HTTP response header. (ReadResponseHeader)
3. Receive the HTTP response body. (via the ReadRespBody* methods)

This example demonstrates a REST call using SendReqStringBody, ReadResonseHeader, and ReadRespBodyString.

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<?php

$success = 0;

// This example demonstrates a REST call using SendReqStringBody, ReadResonseHeader, and ReadRespBodyString.
// It will create a bucket in Google Cloud Storage.

// It requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$gAuth = new COM("Chilkat.AuthGoogle");
// Obtain an access token as shown in one of the following examples:
// See Get Access Token using a Service Account JSON Key
// See Get Access Token using a P12 File

$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 key)
$success = $rest->SetAuthGoogle($gAuth);

// Build the JSON request body for creating a bucket.
// The only required property is the "name", but we'll add more
// to make a better example..
$jsonReqBody = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$success = $jsonReqBody->AddStringAt(-1,'name','chilkat-bucket-c');
$success = $jsonReqBody->AddStringAt(-1,'kind','storage#bucket');
$success = $jsonReqBody->AddStringAt(-1,'location','US');

$objVersioning = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$jsonReqBody->AppendObject2('versioning',$objVersioning);
$success = $objVersioning->AddBoolAt(-1,'enabled',1);

// Show the HTTP request body we'll be sending.
print $jsonReqBody->emit() . "\n";

// Add the required query parameter.
// See https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/json_api/v1/buckets/insert
$success = $rest->AddQueryParam('project','chilkattest-1050');

// Add the Content-Type HTTP request header.
$success = $rest->AddHeader('Content-Type','application/json; charset=UTF-8');

// Send the REST HTTP request.
$success = $rest->SendReqStringBody('POST','/storage/v1/b',$jsonReqBody->emit());
if ($success == 0) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Read the response header.
$responseStatusCode = $rest->ReadResponseHeader();
if ($responseStatusCode < 0) {
    // We were unable to receive the response header.
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

if ($responseStatusCode != 200) {
    // The response was not successful.  We'll still need to receive 
    // the response body, which may contain an error message from the server.
    // If the response has no body, then the method for reading the
    // response body can still be called.  It will simply return with an empty
    // response body.

    // We can examine the response header and status text:
    print 'Response status text: ' . $rest->ResponseStatusText . "\n";
    print 'Response header: ' . $rest->ResponseHeader . "\n";
}

// Read the response body.  In this case we're expecting it to be JSON..
$responseBodyStr = $rest->readRespBodyString();
if ($rest->LastMethodSuccess != 1) {
    // We were unable to receive the response body.
    // Note: If the response did not include a body (such as for cases where
    // the Content-Length header is 0, or if the response status code implicitly
    // indicates no body, then ReadRespBodyString returns cktrue, and the
    // responseBodyString will be an empty string.
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Show the JSON response.
print 'Json Response: ' . $responseBodyStr . "\n";

?>