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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.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loSbToken
LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lcJpgUrl
LOCAL loJpgData
LOCAL lcUrl
LOCAL loResp
LOCAL lnResponseCode

lnSuccess = 0

*  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..
loSbToken = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loSbToken.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]"

loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Http')

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

loJpgData = CreateObject('Chilkat.BinData')
lnSuccess = loHttp.DownloadBd(lcJpgUrl,loJpgData)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loSbToken
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loJpgData
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loHttp.AuthToken = loSbToken.GetAsString()

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

loResp = CreateObject('Chilkat.HttpResponse')
lnSuccess = loHttp.HttpBd("POST",lcUrl,loJpgData,"image/jpeg",loResp)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loSbToken
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loJpgData
    RELEASE loResp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

lnResponseCode = loResp.StatusCode
IF (lnResponseCode = 401) THEN
    ? loResp.BodyStr
    ? "If invalid credentials, then it is likely the access token expired."
    ? "Your app should automatically fetch a new access token and re-try."
    RELEASE loSbToken
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loJpgData
    RELEASE loResp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "Response code: " + STR(lnResponseCode)
? "Response body"
? loResp.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="
*  }

RELEASE loSbToken
RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJpgData
RELEASE loResp