Unicode C++

Google Drive Insert Permission

See more Google Drive Examples

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.

Unicode C++

#include <CkAuthGoogleW.h>
#include <CkRestW.h>
#include <CkJsonObjectW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    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.

    CkAuthGoogleW gAuth;
    gAuth.put_AccessToken(L"GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN");

    CkRestW rest;

    // Connect using TLS.
    bool bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect(L"www.googleapis.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);

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

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

    CkJsonObjectW json;
    json.AppendString(L"role",L"reader");
    json.AppendString(L"type",L"user");
    json.AppendString(L"value",L"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".
    const wchar_t *jsonResponse = rest.fullRequestString(L"POST",L"/drive/v2/files/0By-hrxCCDzSQUGxJY0hzNUFpNmc/permissions",json.emit());
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        wprintf(L"response status code = %d\n",rest.get_ResponseStatusCode());
        wprintf(L"response status text = %s\n",rest.responseStatusText());
        wprintf(L"response header: %s\n",rest.responseHeader());
        wprintf(L"response JSON: %s\n",jsonResponse);
        return;
    }

    // Show the JSON response.
    json.Load(jsonResponse);

    // Show the full JSON response.
    json.put_EmitCompact(false);
    wprintf(L"%s\n",json.emit());

    wprintf(L"Success.\n");
    }