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Get Object MetaData from Google Cloud Storage

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Demonstrates how to download a Google Cloud Storage object's metadata.

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Ruby
require 'chilkat'

success = false

# This example 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 
# scope "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"

# In this example, Get Google Cloud Storage OAuth2 Access Token, 
# the service account access token was saved to a text file.  This example fetches the access token from the file..
sbToken = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
sbToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleCloudStorageAccessToken.txt","utf-8")

# Send a GET equivalent to this curl command.

# curl -X GET \
#     -H "Authorization: Bearer [OAUTH2_TOKEN]" \
#     -o "[SAVE_TO_LOCATION]" \
#     "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/[BUCKET_NAME]/o/[OBJECT_NAME]?projection=full"

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()

http.put_AuthToken(sbToken.getAsString())

# Construct a URL to download the metadata for the object named "starfish.jpg" located in the "chilkat-ocean" bucket.
http.SetUrlVar("bucket_name","chilkat-ocean")
http.SetUrlVar("object_name","starfish.jpg")
url = "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/{$bucket_name}/o/{$object_name}?projection=full"

# If there is an error response, then we didn't actually download the metadata,
# but instead we downloaded an error response..
sbMetaData = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
success = http.DownloadSb(url,"utf-8",sbMetaData)
if (success == false)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

responseCode = http.get_LastStatus()
if (responseCode == 401)
    print "If invalid credentials, then it is likely the access token expired." + "\n";
    print "Your app should automatically fetch a new access token and re-try." + "\n";
end

if (responseCode != 200)
    print "Error response code = " + responseCode.to_s() + "\n";
    print "Error:" + "\n";
    print sbMetaData.getAsString() + "\n";
    exit
end

print sbMetaData.getAsString() + "\n";
print "Success." + "\n";

# Sample output:

# {
#  "kind": "storage#object",
#  "id": "chilkat-ocean/starfish.jpg/1502670320090292",
#  "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/starfish.jpg",
#  "name": "starfish.jpg",
#  "bucket": "chilkat-ocean",
#  "generation": "1502670320090292",
#  "metageneration": "1",
#  "contentType": "image/jpeg",
#  "timeCreated": "2017-08-14T00:25:20.040Z",
#  "updated": "2017-08-14T00:25:20.040Z",
#  "storageClass": "MULTI_REGIONAL",
#  "timeStorageClassUpdated": "2017-08-14T00:25:20.040Z",
#  "size": "6229",
#  "md5Hash": "LpxZ2/JmI2fcl9/dqF2gSA==",
#  "mediaLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/starfish.jpg?generation=1502670320090292&alt=media",
#  "acl": [
#   {
#    "kind": "storage#objectAccessControl",
#    "id": "chilkat-ocean/starfish.jpg/1502670320090292/project-owners-933037264567",
#    "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/starfish.jpg/acl/project-owners-933037264567",
#    "bucket": "chilkat-ocean",
#    "object": "starfish.jpg",
#    "generation": "1502670320090292",
#    "entity": "project-owners-933037264567",
#    "role": "OWNER",
#    "projectTeam": {
#     "projectNumber": "933037264567",
#     "team": "owners"
#    },
#    "etag": "CLT5kpW71dUCEAE="
#   },
#   {
#    "kind": "storage#objectAccessControl",
#    "id": "chilkat-ocean/starfish.jpg/1502670320090292/project-editors-933037264567",
#    "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/starfish.jpg/acl/project-editors-933037264567",
#    "bucket": "chilkat-ocean",
#    "object": "starfish.jpg",
#    "generation": "1502670320090292",
#    "entity": "project-editors-933037264567",
#    "role": "OWNER",
#    "projectTeam": {
#     "projectNumber": "933037264567",
#     "team": "editors"
#    },
#    "etag": "CLT5kpW71dUCEAE="
#   },
#   {
#    "kind": "storage#objectAccessControl",
#    "id": "chilkat-ocean/starfish.jpg/1502670320090292/project-viewers-933037264567",
#    "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/starfish.jpg/acl/project-viewers-933037264567",
#    "bucket": "chilkat-ocean",
#    "object": "starfish.jpg",
#    "generation": "1502670320090292",
#    "entity": "project-viewers-933037264567",
#    "role": "READER",
#    "projectTeam": {
#     "projectNumber": "933037264567",
#     "team": "viewers"
#    },
#    "etag": "CLT5kpW71dUCEAE="
#   },
#   {
#    "kind": "storage#objectAccessControl",
#    "id": "chilkat-ocean/starfish.jpg/1502670320090292/user-starfish@chilkat-176611.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
#    "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/starfish.jpg/acl/user-starfish@chilkat-176611.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
#    "bucket": "chilkat-ocean",
#    "object": "starfish.jpg",
#    "generation": "1502670320090292",
#    "entity": "user-starfish@chilkat-176611.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
#    "role": "OWNER",
#    "email": "starfish@chilkat-176611.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
#    "etag": "CLT5kpW71dUCEAE="
#   }
#  ],
#  "owner": {
#   "entity": "user-starfish@chilkat-176611.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
#  },
#  "crc32c": "9RjgwQ==",
#  "etag": "CLT5kpW71dUCEAE="
# }
#