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Upload String to Google Cloud Storage

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Demonstrates how to upload an in-memory string to Google Cloud Storage.

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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 POST equivalent to this curl command.
# The content of the file is contained in the request body.

# curl -X POST --data-binary @[OBJECT] \
#     -H "Authorization: Bearer [OAUTH2_TOKEN]" \
#     -H "Content-Type: [OBJECT_CONTENT_TYPE]" \
#     "https://www.googleapis.com/upload/storage/v1/b/[BUCKET_NAME]/o?uploadType=media&name=[OBJECT_NAME]"

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()
http.put_AuthToken(sbToken.getAsString())

# Create an XML document, and write it to a StringBuilder.
# We'll be uploading this XML document.
xml = Chilkat::CkXml.new()
xml.put_Tag("note")
xml.UpdateChildContent("to","Tove")
xml.UpdateChildContent("from","Jani")
xml.UpdateChildContent("heading","Reminder")
xml.UpdateChildContent("body","Don't forget me this weekend!")

# Write the XML to sbXml.
sbXml = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
xml.GetXmlSb(sbXml)

# sbXml contains this:

# <note>
#     <to>Tove</to>
#     <from>Jani</from>
#     <heading>Reminder</heading>
#     <body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
# </note>

# Construct a URL to upload to an object named "test.xml" in the "chilkat-ocean" bucket.
http.SetUrlVar("bucket_name","chilkat-ocean")
http.SetUrlVar("object_name","test.xml")
url = "https://www.googleapis.com/upload/storage/v1/b/{$bucket_name}/o?uploadType=media&name={$object_name}"

resp = Chilkat::CkHttpResponse.new()
success = http.HttpSb("POST",url,sbXml,"utf-8","application/xml",resp)
if (success == false)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

responseCode = resp.get_StatusCode()
if (responseCode == 401)
    print resp.bodyStr() + "\n";
    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";
    exit
end

print "Response code: " + responseCode.to_s() + "\n";
print "Response body" + "\n";
print resp.bodyStr() + "\n";

# A successful response looks like this:
# Response code: 200
# Response body
# {
#  "kind": "storage#object",
#  "id": "chilkat-ocean/test.xml/1502669565429870",
#  "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/test.xml",
#  "name": "test.xml",
#  "bucket": "chilkat-ocean",
#  "generation": "1502669565429870",
#  "metageneration": "1",
#  "contentType": "application/xml",
#  "timeCreated": "2017-08-14T00:12:45.379Z",
#  "updated": "2017-08-14T00:12:45.379Z",
#  "storageClass": "MULTI_REGIONAL",
#  "timeStorageClassUpdated": "2017-08-14T00:12:45.379Z",
#  "size": "181",
#  "md5Hash": "TCR0L7TWsw2TzOvfNvgEfA==",
#  "mediaLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/test.xml?generation=1502669565429870&alt=media",
#  "crc32c": "ZFd5sA==",
#  "etag": "CO6Qpq241dUCEAE="
# }