Xojo Plugin Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Upload In-Memory Binary Data to Google Cloud Storage

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Demonstrates how to upload in-memory binary data to Google Cloud Storage. Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = 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..
Dim sbToken As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = sbToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleCloudStorageAccessToken.txt","utf-8")

//  Send a POST equivalent to this curl command.
//  The content of the file is contained in the request body.

//  curl -X POST --data-binary @[OBJECT] \
//      -H "Authorization: Bearer [OAUTH2_TOKEN]" \
//      -H "Content-Type: [OBJECT_CONTENT_TYPE]" \
//      "https://www.googleapis.com/upload/storage/v1/b/[BUCKET_NAME]/o?uploadType=media&name=[OBJECT_NAME]"

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

//  Download a JPG image from the Internet, and then upload this JPG to
//  a Google Storage bucket.
Dim jpgUrl As String
jpgUrl = "https://www.chilkatsoft.com/images/starfish.jpg"

Dim jpgData As New Chilkat.BinData
success = http.DownloadBd(jpgUrl,jpgData)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

http.AuthToken = sbToken.GetAsString()

//  Construct a URL to upload to an object named "starfish.jpg" in the "chilkat-ocean" bucket.
success = http.SetUrlVar("bucket_name","chilkat-ocean")
success = http.SetUrlVar("object_name","starfish.jpg")
Dim url As String
url = "https://www.googleapis.com/upload/storage/v1/b/{$bucket_name}/o?uploadType=media&name={$object_name}"

Dim resp As New Chilkat.HttpResponse
success = http.HttpBd("POST",url,jpgData,"image/jpeg",resp)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim responseCode As Int32
responseCode = resp.StatusCode
If (responseCode = 401) Then
    System.DebugLog(resp.BodyStr)
    System.DebugLog("If invalid credentials, then it is likely the access token expired.")
    System.DebugLog("Your app should automatically fetch a new access token and re-try.")
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("Response code: " + Str(responseCode))
System.DebugLog("Response body")
System.DebugLog(resp.BodyStr)

//  A successful response looks like this:
//  Response code: 200
//  Response body
//  {
//   "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",
//   "crc32c": "9RjgwQ==",
//   "etag": "CLT5kpW71dUCEAE="
//  }