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Create a File in a Folder

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Creates (uploads) a file to be located in a particular folder.

See Google Drive Files: create for more details.

Also See Google Drive Multipart Upload for more details.

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Local $bSuccess = False

$bSuccess = True

; 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 
; Google Drive scope.

$oGAuth = ObjCreate("Chilkat.AuthGoogle")
$oGAuth.AccessToken = "GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN"

$oRest = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Rest")

; Connect using TLS.
Local $bAutoReconnect = True
$bSuccess = $oRest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,True,$bAutoReconnect)

; Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
$oRest.SetAuthGoogle($oGAuth)

; -------------------------------------------------------------------------
; A multipart upload to Google Drive needs a multipart/related Content-Type
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","multipart/related")

; Specify each part of the request.

; The 1st part is JSON with information about the file.
$oRest.PartSelector = "1"
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json; charset=UTF-8")

$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.AppendString("name","testHello.txt")
$oJson.AppendString("description","A simple file that says Hello World.")
$oJson.AppendString("mimeType","text/plain")

; To place the file in a folder, we must add a parents[] array to the JSON
; and list the folder id's.  It's possible for a file to be in multiple folders at once
; if it has more than one parent.  If no parents are specified, then the file is created
; in the My Drive folder.  
; Note: We'll assume we already have the id if the folder.  It is the id's that are specified here,
; not the folder names.

$oParents = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonArray")
$oJson.AppendArray2("parents",$oParents)

Local $sFolderId = "0B53Q6OSTWYolY2tPU1BnYW02T2c"
$oParents.AddStringAt(-1,$sFolderId)

$oRest.SetMultipartBodyString($oJson.Emit())

; The 2nd part is the file content, which will contain "Hello World!"
$oRest.PartSelector = "2"
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","text/plain")

Local $sFileContents = "Hello World!"
$oRest.SetMultipartBodyString($sFileContents)

Local $sJsonResponse = $oRest.FullRequestMultipart("POST","/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart")
If ($oRest.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
If ($oRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    ConsoleWrite("response status code = " & $oRest.ResponseStatusCode & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("response status text = " & $oRest.ResponseStatusText & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("response header: " & $oRest.ResponseHeader & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("response JSON: " & $sJsonResponse & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Show the JSON response.
$oJson.Load($sJsonResponse)

; Show the full JSON response.
$oJson.EmitCompact = False
ConsoleWrite($oJson.Emit() & @CRLF)

; A successful response looks like this:
; {
;   "kind": "drive#file",
;   "id": "0B53Q6OSTWYoldmJ0Z3ZqT2x5MFk",
;   "name": "Untitled",
;   "mimeType": "text/plain"
; }

; Get the fileId:
ConsoleWrite("fileId: " & $oJson.StringOf("id") & @CRLF)