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Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Google Drive - Build a Local Cache of Metadata

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This example demonstrates how to download the metadata for all files in a Google Drive account to create a local filesystem cache with the information. The cache can be used to fetch information without having to query Google Drive.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oGAuth
LOCAL oRest
LOCAL nBAutoReconnect
LOCAL oGdCache
LOCAL nNumCacheFilesDeleted
LOCAL oDtExpire
LOCAL cAllFields
LOCAL oJsonMaster
LOCAL oJsonMasterArr
LOCAL oJsonMasterPaths
LOCAL oJson
LOCAL oJsonFileMetadata
LOCAL i
LOCAL nNumFiles
LOCAL cJsonResponse
LOCAL nPageNumber
LOCAL cPageToken
LOCAL nBContinueLoop
LOCAL nBHasMorePages
LOCAL oHashTable
LOCAL oSbPathForFileId
LOCAL oSaFileInfo
LOCAL cFileId
LOCAL oSbPath
LOCAL nBFinished
LOCAL cStrJsonMaster

nSuccess := 0

nSuccess := 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 scope.

oGAuth := CreateObject("Chilkat.AuthGoogle")
oGAuth:AccessToken := "GOOGLE_DRIVE_ACCESS_TOKEN"

oRest := CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

//  Connect using TLS.
nBAutoReconnect := 1
nSuccess := oRest:Connect("www.googleapis.com", 443, 1, nBAutoReconnect)

//  Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
oRest:SetAuthGoogle(oGAuth)

//  -------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Initialize our cache object.  Indicate the location of the root cache directory, and how many cache levels are to exist.
//  For small caches (level 0) all cache files are in the root directory.
//  For medium caches (level 1) cache files are located in 256 sub-directories from the root.
//  For large caches (level 2) cache files are located in 256x256 sub-directories two levels down from the root.
oGdCache := CreateObject("Chilkat.Cache")
oGdCache:Level := 0
//  Use a root directory that makes sense on your operating system..
oGdCache:AddRoot("C:/ckCache/googleDrive")

//  If we are re-building the cache, we can first delete the entire contents of the cache.
nNumCacheFilesDeleted := oGdCache:DeleteAll()

//  Create a date/time object with an time 7 days from the current date/time.
oDtExpire := CreateObject("Chilkat.CkDateTime")
oDtExpire:SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
oDtExpire:AddDays(7)

//  Indicate that we want ALL possible fields.
//  If no fields are indicated, then only the basic fields are returned.
cAllFields := "appProperties,capabilities,contentHints,createdTime,description,explicitlyTrashed,fileExtension,folderColorRgb,fullFileExtension,headRevisionId,iconLink,id,imageMediaMetadata,isAppAuthorized,kind,lastModifyingUser,md5Checksum,mimeType,modifiedByMeTime,modifiedTime,name,originalFilename,ownedByMe,owners,parents,permissions,properties,quotaBytesUsed,shared,sharedWithMeTime,sharingUser,size,spaces,starred,thumbnailLink,trashed,version,videoMediaMetadata,viewedByMe,viewedByMeTime,viewersCanCopyContent,webContentLink,webViewLink,writersCanShare"

//  We're going to keep a master list of fileId's as we iterate over all the files in this Google Drive account.
//  This master list will also be saved to the cache under the key "AllGoogleDriveFileIds".
oJsonMaster := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

oJsonMasterArr := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonArray")
oJsonMaster:AppendArray2("fileIds", oJsonMasterArr)

//  Also keep a list of file paths.
oJsonMasterPaths := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonArray")
oJsonMaster:AppendArray2("filePaths", oJsonMasterPaths)

//  The default page size is 100, with a max of 1000.
oRest:AddQueryParam("pageSize", "200")

oJson := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

//  Send the request for the 1st page.
cJsonResponse := oRest:FullRequestNoBody("GET", "/drive/v3/files")

nPageNumber := 1

nBContinueLoop := oRest:LastMethodSuccess .AND. (oRest:ResponseStatusCode == 200)

DO WHILE nBContinueLoop == 1

    ? "---- Page " + Str(nPageNumber) + " ----"
    oJson:Load(cJsonResponse)

    nNumFiles := oJson:SizeOfArray("files")
    i := 0
    DO WHILE i < nNumFiles
        //  Add this file ID to the master list.
        oJson:I := i
        oJsonMasterArr:AddStringAt(-1, oJson:StringOf("files[i].id"))

        i := i + 1
    ENDDO

    //  Get the next page of files.
    //  If the "nextPageToken" is present in the JSON response, then use it in the "pageToken" parameter
    //  for the next request.   If no "nextPageToken" was present, then this was the last page of files.
    cPageToken := oJson:StringOf("nextPageToken")
    nBContinueLoop := 0
    nBHasMorePages := oJson:LastMethodSuccess
    IF (nBHasMorePages == 1)
        oRest:ClearAllQueryParams()
        oRest:AddQueryParam("pageSize", "200")
        oRest:AddQueryParam("pageToken", cPageToken)
        cJsonResponse := oRest:FullRequestNoBody("GET", "/drive/v3/files")
        nBContinueLoop := oRest:LastMethodSuccess .AND. (oRest:ResponseStatusCode == 200)
        nPageNumber := nPageNumber + 1
    ENDIF

ENDDO

//  Check to see if the above loop exited with errors...
IF (oRest:LastMethodSuccess == 0)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oGAuth:destroy()
    oRest:destroy()
    oGdCache:destroy()
    oDtExpire:destroy()
    oJsonMaster:destroy()
    oJsonMasterArr:destroy()
    oJsonMasterPaths:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Check to see if the above loop exited with errors...
//  A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
IF (oRest:ResponseStatusCode != 200)
    ? "response status code = " + Str(oRest:ResponseStatusCode)
    ? "response status text = " + oRest:ResponseStatusText
    ? "response header: " + oRest:ResponseHeader
    ? "response JSON: " + cJsonResponse
    oGAuth:destroy()
    oRest:destroy()
    oGdCache:destroy()
    oDtExpire:destroy()
    oJsonMaster:destroy()
    oJsonMasterArr:destroy()
    oJsonMasterPaths:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Iterate over the file IDs and download the metadata for each, saving each to the cache...
//  Also, keep in-memory hash entries of the name and parent[0] so we can quickly 
//  build the path-->fileId cache entries. (Given that the Google Drive REST API uses
//  fileIds, this gives us an easy way to lookup a fileId based on a filePath.)
oHashTable := CreateObject("Chilkat.Hashtable")
//  Set the capacity of the hash table to something reasonable for the number of files
//  to be hashed.
oHashTable:ClearWithNewCapacity(521)

oSbPathForFileId := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

//  Used for storing the file name and parents[0] in the hashTable.
oSaFileInfo := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringArray")
oSaFileInfo:Unique := 0

nNumFiles := oJsonMaster:SizeOfArray("fileIds")
i := 0
DO WHILE i < nNumFiles
    oJsonMaster:I := i
    cFileId := oJsonMaster:StringOf("fileIds[i]")
    oSbPathForFileId:SetString("/drive/v3/files/")
    oSbPathForFileId:Append(cFileId)

    oRest:ClearAllQueryParams()
    oRest:AddQueryParam("fields", cAllFields)
    cJsonResponse := oRest:FullRequestNoBody("GET", oSbPathForFileId:GetAsString())
    IF ((oRest:LastMethodSuccess != 1) .OR. (oRest:ResponseStatusCode != 200))
        //  Force an exit of this loop..
        nNumFiles := 0
    ENDIF

    //  Save this file's metadata to the local cache.
    //  The lookup key is the fileId.
    oGdCache:SaveTextDt(cFileId, oDtExpire, "", cJsonResponse)

    //  Get this file's name and parent[0], and put this information
    //  in our in-memory hashtable to be used below..
    oJson:Load(cJsonResponse)

    oSaFileInfo:Clear()
    oSaFileInfo:Append(oJson:StringOf("name"))
    oSaFileInfo:Append(oJson:StringOf("parents[0]"))
    oHashTable:AddStr(cFileId, oSaFileInfo:Serialize())

    ? oJson:StringOf("name") + ", " + oJson:StringOf("parents[0]")

    i := i + 1
ENDDO

//  Check to see if the above loop exited with errors...
IF (oRest:LastMethodSuccess == 0)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oGAuth:destroy()
    oRest:destroy()
    oGdCache:destroy()
    oDtExpire:destroy()
    oJsonMaster:destroy()
    oJsonMasterArr:destroy()
    oJsonMasterPaths:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    oHashTable:destroy()
    oSbPathForFileId:destroy()
    oSaFileInfo:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Check to see if the above loop exited with errors...
//  A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
IF (oRest:ResponseStatusCode != 200)
    ? "response status code = " + Str(oRest:ResponseStatusCode)
    ? "response status text = " + oRest:ResponseStatusText
    ? "response header: " + oRest:ResponseHeader
    ? "response JSON: " + cJsonResponse
    oGAuth:destroy()
    oRest:destroy()
    oGdCache:destroy()
    oDtExpire:destroy()
    oJsonMaster:destroy()
    oJsonMasterArr:destroy()
    oJsonMasterPaths:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    oHashTable:destroy()
    oSbPathForFileId:destroy()
    oSaFileInfo:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Now that all the fileId's are in the cache, let's build the directory path
//  for each fileID.  

//  (Technically, a fileId can have multiple parents, which means it can be in multiple directories
//  at once.  This is only going to build directory paths following the 0'th parent ID in the parents list.)

//  The directory path for files in "My Drive" will be just the filename.
//  For files in sub-directories, the path will be relative, such as "subdir1/subdir2/something.pdf"
//  

? "---- building paths ----"

oSbPath := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
nNumFiles := oJsonMaster:SizeOfArray("fileIds")
i := 0
DO WHILE i < nNumFiles
    oJsonMaster:I := i

    oSbPath:Clear()

    cFileId := oJsonMaster:StringOf("fileIds[i]")
    nBFinished := 0
    DO WHILE (nBFinished == 0)
        oSaFileInfo:Clear()
        oSaFileInfo:AppendSerialized(oHashTable:LookupStr(cFileId))
        //  Append this file or directory name.
        oSbPath:Prepend(oSaFileInfo:GetString(0))
        //  Get the parent fileId
        cFileId := oSaFileInfo:GetString(1)
        //  If this fileId is not in the hashtable, then it's the fileId for "My Drive", and we are finished.
        IF (oHashTable:Contains(cFileId) == 0)
            nBFinished := 1
        ELSE
            oSbPath:Prepend("/")
        ENDIF

    ENDDO

    ? Str(i) + ": " + oSbPath:GetAsString()

    //  Store the filePath --> fileId mapping in our local cache.
    cFileId := oJsonMaster:StringOf("fileIds[i]")
    oGdCache:SaveTextDt(oSbPath:GetAsString(), oDtExpire, "", cFileId)

    oJsonMasterPaths:AddStringAt(-1, oSbPath:GetAsString())

    i := i + 1
ENDDO

//  Save the master list of file IDs and file paths to the local cache.
oJsonMaster:EmitCompact := 0
cStrJsonMaster := oJsonMaster:Emit()
oGdCache:SaveTextNoExpire("AllGoogleDriveFileIds", "", cStrJsonMaster)
? "JSON Master Record:"
? cStrJsonMaster

//  The JSON Master Cache Record looks something like this:
//  An application can load the JSON master record and iterate over all the files
//  in Google Drive by file ID, or by path.  
//  {
//    "fileIds": [
//      "0B53Q6OSTWYolQlExSlBQT1phZXM",
//      "0B53Q6OSTWYolVHRPVkxtYWFtZkk",
//      "0B53Q6OSTWYolRGZEV3ZGUTZfNFk",
//      "0B53Q6OSTWYolS2FXSjliMXQxSU0",
//      "0B53Q6OSTWYolZUhxckMzb0dRMzg",
//      "0B53Q6OSTWYolbUF6WS1Gei1oalk",
//      "0B53Q6OSTWYola296ODZUSm5GYU0",
//      "0B53Q6OSTWYolbTE3c3J5RHBUcHM",
//      "0B53Q6OSTWYolTmhybWJSUGd5Q2c",
//      "0B53Q6OSTWYolY2tPU1BnYW02T2c",
//      "0B53Q6OSTWYolTTBBR2NvUE81Zzg",
//    ],
//    "filePaths": [
//      "testFolder/abc/123/pigs.json",
//      "testFolder/starfish20.jpg",
//      "testFolder/penguins2.jpg",
//      "testFolder/starfish.jpg",
//      "testFolder/abc/123/starfish.jpg",
//      "testFolder/abc/123/penguins.jpg",
//      "testFolder/abc/123",
//      "testFolder/abc",
//      "testFolder/testHello.txt",
//      "testFolder",
//      "helloWorld.txt",
//    ]
//  }

? "Entire cache rebuilt..."

oGAuth:destroy()
oRest:destroy()
oGdCache:destroy()
oDtExpire:destroy()
oJsonMaster:destroy()
oJsonMasterArr:destroy()
oJsonMasterPaths:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oHashTable:destroy()
oSbPathForFileId:destroy()
oSaFileInfo:destroy()
oSbPath:destroy()