PowerBuilder

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.

PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_GAuth
oleobject loo_Rest
integer li_BAutoReconnect
oleobject loo_Json
string ls_JsonResponse

li_Success = 0

li_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.

loo_GAuth = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_GAuth.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.AuthGoogle")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_GAuth
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
loo_GAuth.AccessToken = "GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN"

loo_Rest = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Rest.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Rest")

// Connect using TLS.
li_BAutoReconnect = 1
li_Success = loo_Rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,1,li_BAutoReconnect)

// Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
loo_Rest.SetAuthGoogle(loo_GAuth)

loo_Rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json; charset=UTF-8")

loo_Json = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_Json.AppendString("role","reader")
loo_Json.AppendString("type","user")
loo_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".
ls_JsonResponse = loo_Rest.FullRequestString("POST","/drive/v2/files/0By-hrxCCDzSQUGxJY0hzNUFpNmc/permissions",loo_Json.Emit())
if loo_Rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_GAuth
    destroy loo_Rest
    destroy loo_Json
    return
end if

// A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if loo_Rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200 then
    Write-Debug "response status code = " + string(loo_Rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    Write-Debug "response status text = " + loo_Rest.ResponseStatusText
    Write-Debug "response header: " + loo_Rest.ResponseHeader
    Write-Debug "response JSON: " + ls_JsonResponse
    destroy loo_GAuth
    destroy loo_Rest
    destroy loo_Json
    return
end if

// Show the JSON response.
loo_Json.Load(ls_JsonResponse)

// Show the full JSON response.
loo_Json.EmitCompact = 0
Write-Debug loo_Json.Emit()

Write-Debug "Success."


destroy loo_GAuth
destroy loo_Rest
destroy loo_Json