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Upload Application Specific Data

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Uploads a text file (application specific data) where the contents of the file are contained in a string variable.

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#include <CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <CkAuthGoogleW.h>
#include <CkRestW.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 application specific data scope.
    CkJsonObjectW jsonToken;
    success = jsonToken.LoadFile(L"qa_data/tokens/googleDriveAppData.json");

    CkAuthGoogleW gAuth;
    gAuth.put_AccessToken(jsonToken.stringOf(L"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);

    // A multipart upload to Google Drive needs a multipart/related Content-Type
    rest.AddHeader(L"Content-Type",L"multipart/related");

    // Specify each part of the request.

    // The 1st part is JSON with information about the file.
    rest.put_PartSelector(L"1");
    rest.AddHeader(L"Content-Type",L"application/json; charset=UTF-8");

    CkJsonObjectW json;
    json.put_EmitCompact(false);

    json.UpdateString(L"name",L"helloWorld.txt");
    json.UpdateString(L"description",L"A simple text file that says Hello World.");
    json.UpdateString(L"mimeType",L"text/plain");
    // Specifiy the application-specific data folder.
    json.UpdateString(L"parents[0]",L"appDataFolder");
    rest.SetMultipartBodyString(json.emit());

    wprintf(L"%s\n",json.emit());

    // The JSON looks like this:
    // {
    //   "name": "helloWorld.txt",
    //   "description": "A simple text file that says Hello World.",
    //   "mimeType": "text/plain",
    //   "parents": [
    //     "appDataFolder"
    //   ]
    // }

    // The 2nd part is the file content.
    // In this case, we'll upload a simple text file containing "Hello World!"
    rest.put_PartSelector(L"2");
    rest.AddHeader(L"Content-Type",L"text/plain");

    const wchar_t *fileContents = L"Hello World!";
    rest.SetMultipartBodyString(fileContents);

    const wchar_t *jsonResponse = rest.fullRequestMultipart(L"POST",L"/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart");
    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());

    // A successful response looks like this:
    // {
    //   "kind": "drive#file",
    //   "id": "0B53Q6OSTWYoldmJ0Z3ZqT2x5MFk",
    //   "name": "Untitled",
    //   "mimeType": "text/plain"
    // }

    // Get the fileId:
    wprintf(L"fileId: %s\n",json.stringOf(L"id"));
    }