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Create a Google Cloud Storage Bucket

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Demonstrates how to create a Google Cloud Storage bucket.

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Java
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    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..
    CkStringBuilder sbToken = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleCloudStorageAccessToken.txt","utf-8");

    // ---- Step 1
    // Create a JSON that contains the following information, replacing [VALUES_IN_BRACKETS] with the appropriate values:

    // {
    //   "name": "[BUCKET_NAME]",
    //   "location": "[BUCKET_LOCATION]",
    //   "storageClass": "[STORAGE_CLASS]"
    // }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("name","chilkat-ocean");
    json.UpdateString("location","us");
    json.UpdateString("storageClass","multi_regional");

    // ---- Step 2
    // Send a POST equivalent to this curl command

    // curl -X POST --data-binary @[JSON_FILE_NAME].json \
    //      -H "Authorization: Bearer [OAUTH2_TOKEN]" \
    //      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    //      "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b?project=[PROJECT_ID]"

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    http.put_AuthToken(sbToken.getAsString());

    http.SetUrlVar("project_id","chilkat-176611");
    String url = "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b?project={$project_id}";
    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpJson("POST",url,json,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    int responseCode = resp.get_StatusCode();
    if (responseCode == 401) {
        System.out.println(resp.bodyStr());
        System.out.println("If invalid credentials, then it is likely the access token expired.");
        System.out.println("Your app should automatically fetch a new access token and re-try.");
        return;
        }

    System.out.println("Response code: " + responseCode);
    System.out.println("Response body");
    System.out.println(resp.bodyStr());

    // A successful response looks like this:
    // Response code: 200
    // Response body
    // {
    //  "kind": "storage#bucket",
    //  "id": "chilkat-ocean",
    //  "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean",
    //  "projectNumber": "933037264567",
    //  "name": "chilkat-ocean",
    //  "timeCreated": "2017-08-13T12:27:10.811Z",
    //  "updated": "2017-08-13T12:27:10.811Z",
    //  "metageneration": "1",
    //  "location": "US",
    //  "storageClass": "MULTI_REGIONAL",
    //  "etag": "CAE="
    // }
    // 

    // Parse the JSON response:
    CkJsonObject jsonResp = new CkJsonObject();
    jsonResp.Load(resp.bodyStr());

    System.out.println("name: " + jsonResp.stringOf("name"));
    System.out.println("timeCreated: " + jsonResp.stringOf("timeCreated"));

    // Parse the date/time created.
    CkDateTime dt = new CkDateTime();
    dt.SetFromTimestamp(jsonResp.stringOf("timeCreated"));
    // ...
  }
}