Swift

Get Object MetaData from Google Cloud Storage

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

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = 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..
    let sbToken = CkoStringBuilder()!
    sbToken.loadFile(path: "qa_data/tokens/googleCloudStorageAccessToken.txt", charset: "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"

    let http = CkoHttp()!

    http.authToken = sbToken.getAsString()

    // Construct a URL to download the metadata for the object named "starfish.jpg" located in the "chilkat-ocean" bucket.
    http.setUrlVar(name: "bucket_name", value: "chilkat-ocean")
    http.setUrlVar(name: "object_name", value: "starfish.jpg")
    var url: String? = "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..
    let sbMetaData = CkoStringBuilder()!
    success = http.downloadSb(url: url, charset: "utf-8", sb: sbMetaData)
    if success == false {
        print("\(http.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    var responseCode: Int = http.lastStatus.intValue
    if responseCode == 401 {
        print("If invalid credentials, then it is likely the access token expired.")
        print("Your app should automatically fetch a new access token and re-try.")
    }

    if responseCode != 200 {
        print("Error response code = \(responseCode)")
        print("Error:")
        print("\(sbMetaData.getAsString()!)")
        return
    }

    print("\(sbMetaData.getAsString()!)")
    print("Success.")

    // 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="
    // }
    // 

}