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Google Drive - Resumable Upload

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Demonstrates how to do a resumable upload to Google Drive.

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// 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;

    // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    success = true;

    // This example uses a previously obtained access token having permission for the 
    // Google Drive scope. 
    // See Get Google Drive OAuth2 Access Token

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    http.put_AuthToken("GOOGLE_DRIVE_ACCESS_TOKEN");

    // First we want to initiate the resumable upload.
    // We send a POST to get a session URI, which will be used to upload the file, and resume if needed.

    // Our POST will look like this:

    // POST https://www.googleapis.com/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=resumable HTTP/1.1
    // Authorization: Bearer [YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN]          <-- Chilkat automatically adds this header because the AuthToken property was set.
    // Content-Length: 38                               <-- Chilkat will automatically add this header.
    // Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8    <-- This is the type of this POST, and is specified in the call to HttpJson.
    // X-Upload-Content-Type: application/zip           <-- The type of file we'll be uploading
    // X-Upload-Content-Length: 1366807                 <-- The size of the file we'll be uploading
    // 
    // {
    //   "name": "myObject"
    // }

    http.SetRequestHeader("X-Upload-Content-Type","application/zip");
    http.SetRequestHeader("X-Upload-Content-Length","1366807");

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("name","myZip");

    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://www.googleapis.com/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=resumable",json,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    int statusCode = resp.get_StatusCode();
    if (statusCode != 200) {
        Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());
        Log.i(TAG, "response status = " + String.valueOf(statusCode));
        return;
        }

    // The session URI is in the "Location" response header:
    CkStringBuilder sbSessionUri = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbSessionUri.Append(resp.getHeaderField("Location"));
    String sessionUri = sbSessionUri.getAsString();
    Log.i(TAG, "Session URI: " + sessionUri);

    // Here's a sample session URI:  https://www.googleapis.com/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=resumable&upload_id=AEnB2UrszR8lDqlo3mtXJw_0rYI_Hi1oVh1NPFcLfoyBq9NcSjk85kFopoZaVEgT38OSmLl0XsObPf4iCSJwHlrOvvIJQ_ckIQ

    // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // The next step is to upload the file using the session URI:

    // We'll send a PUT that looks like this:

    // PUT https://www.googleapis.com/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=resumable&upload_id=xa298sd_sdlkj2 HTTP/1.1
    // Content-Length: 1366807
    // Content-Type: application/zip
    // 
    // [BYTES 0-1366806]

    // First remove the X-Upload-Content-Type and X-Upload-Content-Length request headers we specified earlier, so they don't get sent with subsequent requests.
    http.ClearHeaders();

    // Because the file is likely large, we'll use HttpSReq which allows to to pass an HTTP request object where the body can be streamed directly from a file.
    CkHttpRequest req = new CkHttpRequest();

    req.put_ContentType("application/zip");
    req.put_HttpVerb("PUT");

    CkUrl url = new CkUrl();
    url.ParseUrl(sessionUri);

    req.put_Path(url.pathWithQueryParams());
    Log.i(TAG, "Path with Query Param: " + url.pathWithQueryParams());

    // Specify that the request body is to be streamed directly from a file.
    success = req.StreamBodyFromFile("qa_data/zips/big.zip");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, req.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    success = http.HttpSReq(url.host(),url.get_Port(),url.get_Ssl(),req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());
    Log.i(TAG, "response status = " + String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));

    // Sample output:

    // {
    //  "kind": "drive#file",
    //  "id": "1rx20i53eurtkVQ-RT7Ry8Ct85PgPYMET",
    //  "name": "myZip",
    //  "mimeType": "application/zip"
    // }
    // 
    // response status = 200

  }

  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."
  }
}