(CkPython) Download File (Stream to Local Filesystem)

This example demonstrates how to download the content of a file from Google Drive. The file is streamed to the local filesystem.

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import sys
import chilkat

success = True

# 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()
gAuth.put_AccessToken("GOOGLE_DRIVE_ACCESS_TOKEN")

rest = chilkat.CkRest()

# 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 = True
success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,True,bAutoReconnect)

# Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
rest.SetAuthGoogle(gAuth)

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# To download a file, we must know the file ID.
# In a previous example (see Build Local Metadata Cache
# we built a local cache to make it easy to lookup file IDs given a file path.
# Let's say we want to download "testFolder/abc/123/penguins.jpg".
# First we lookup the fileId in the cache.  With the fileId, we can download the file.
gdCache = chilkat.CkCache()
gdCache.put_Level(0)
gdCache.AddRoot("C:/ckCache/googleDrive")

fileId = gdCache.fetchText("testFolder/abc/123/penguins.jpg")
if (gdCache.get_LastMethodSuccess() != True):
    print("Filepath not found in cache.")
    sys.exit()

# We need to send a GET request like this:
# GET https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files/fileId?alt=media
# The fileId is part of the path.
sbPath = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
sbPath.Append("/drive/v3/files/")
sbPath.Append(fileId)
rest.AddQueryParam("alt","media")

# Create a stream object with a SinkFile set to the path where the downloaded file will go.
fileStream = chilkat.CkStream()
fileStream.put_SinkFile("qa_output/penguins.jpg")
# Indicate that the response body should stream directly to fileStream,
# but only if the response status is 200.  
rest.SetResponseBodyStream(200,True,fileStream)

# Download the file, streaming the content to the SinkFile.
jsonResponse = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET",sbPath.getAsString())
if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != True):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200):
    print("response status code = " + str(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()))
    print("response status text = " + rest.responseStatusText())
    print("response header: " + rest.responseHeader())
    sys.exit()

print("File downloaded.")