(VBScript) Upload Application Specific Data

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

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 1

' 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.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set jsonToken = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleDriveAppData.json")

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.AuthGoogle")
set gAuth = CreateObject("Chilkat.AuthGoogle")
gAuth.AccessToken = jsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest")
set rest = CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

' Connect using TLS.
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,1,bAutoReconnect)

' Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
success = rest.SetAuthGoogle(gAuth)

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

' Specify each part of the request.

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
json.EmitCompact = 0

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

outFile.WriteLine(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.PartSelector = "2"
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","text/plain")

fileContents = "Hello World!"
success = rest.SetMultipartBodyString(fileContents)

jsonResponse = rest.FullRequestMultipart("POST","/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("response status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    outFile.WriteLine("response status text = " & rest.ResponseStatusText)
    outFile.WriteLine("response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader)
    outFile.WriteLine("response JSON: " & jsonResponse)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Show the JSON response.
success = json.Load(jsonResponse)

' Show the full JSON response.
json.EmitCompact = 0
outFile.WriteLine(json.Emit())

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

' Get the fileId:
outFile.WriteLine("fileId: " & json.StringOf("id"))

outFile.Close