Android™

List Files in Google Drive

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Demonstrates how to list files in Google Drive.

See Google Drive Files list for more optional HTTP parameters.

Android™

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean 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 scope.

    CkAuthGoogle gAuth = new CkAuthGoogle();
    gAuth.put_AccessToken("GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN");

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();

    // Connect using TLS.
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);

    // Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
    rest.SetAuthGoogle(gAuth);

    // Get 4 results per page.  (The default page size is 100, with a max of 1000.
    rest.AddQueryParam("pageSize","4");

    // This uses the Google Drive V3 API... (not V2)
    String jsonResponse = rest.fullRequestNoBody("GET","/drive/v3/files");
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        Log.i(TAG, "request header = " + rest.lastRequestHeader());
        Log.i(TAG, "response status code = " + String.valueOf(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()));
        Log.i(TAG, "response status text = " + rest.responseStatusText());
        Log.i(TAG, "response header: " + rest.responseHeader());
        Log.i(TAG, "response JSON: " + jsonResponse);
        return;
        }

    // A successful response looks like this:
    // {
    //  "kind": "drive#fileList",
    //  "files": [
    //    {
    //      "kind": "drive#file",
    //      "id": "0B53Q6OSTWYolenpjTEU4ekJlQUU",
    //      "name": "test",
    //      "mimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.folder"
    //    },
    //    {
    //      "kind": "drive#file",
    //      "id": "0B53Q6OSTWYolRm4ycjZtdXhRaEE",
    //      "name": "starfish4.jpg",
    //      "mimeType": "image/jpeg"
    //    },
    //    {
    //      "kind": "drive#file",
    //      "id": "0B53Q6OSTWYolMWt2VzN0Qlo1UjA",
    //      "name": "hamlet2.xml",
    //      "mimeType": "text/xml"
    //    },
    // ...
    //    {
    //      "kind": "drive#file",
    //      "id": "0B53Q6OSTWYolc3RhcnRlcl9maWxlX2Rhc2hlclYw",
    //      "name": "Getting started",
    //      "mimeType": "application/pdf"
    //    }
    //  ]
    // }

    // Iterate over each file in the response and show the name, id, and mimeType.
    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.Load(jsonResponse);

    // Show the full JSON response.
    json.put_EmitCompact(false);
    Log.i(TAG, json.emit());

    int numFiles = json.SizeOfArray("files");
    int i = 0;
    while (i < numFiles) {
        json.put_I(i);
        Log.i(TAG, "name: " + json.stringOf("files[i].name"));
        Log.i(TAG, "id: " + json.stringOf("files[i].id"));
        Log.i(TAG, "mimeType: " + json.stringOf("files[i].mimeType"));
        Log.i(TAG, "-");
        i = i + 1;
        }


  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}