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Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Get Object MetaData from Google Cloud Storage

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Demonstrates how to download a Google Cloud Storage object's metadata.

Chilkat Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi) Downloads

Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)
program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.Http,
  Chilkat.StringBuilder;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  sbToken: TStringBuilder;
  http: THttp;
  url: string;
  sbMetaData: TStringBuilder;
  responseCode: Integer;

begin
  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..
  sbToken := TStringBuilder.Create;
  sbToken.LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/googleCloudStorageAccessToken.txt','utf-8');

  //  Send a GET equivalent to this curl command.

  //  curl -X GET \
  //      -H "Authorization: Bearer [OAUTH2_TOKEN]" \
  //      -o "[SAVE_TO_LOCATION]" \
  //      "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/[BUCKET_NAME]/o/[OBJECT_NAME]?projection=full"

  http := THttp.Create;

  http.AuthToken := sbToken.GetAsString();

  //  Construct a URL to download the metadata for the object named "starfish.jpg" located in the "chilkat-ocean" bucket.
  http.SetUrlVar('bucket_name','chilkat-ocean');
  http.SetUrlVar('object_name','starfish.jpg');
  url := 'https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/{$bucket_name}/o/{$object_name}?projection=full';

  //  If there is an error response, then we didn't actually download the metadata,
  //  but instead we downloaded an error response..
  sbMetaData := TStringBuilder.Create;
  success := http.DownloadSb(url,'utf-8',sbMetaData);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(http.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  responseCode := http.LastStatus;
  if (responseCode = 401) then
    begin
      WriteLn('If invalid credentials, then it is likely the access token expired.');
      WriteLn('Your app should automatically fetch a new access token and re-try.');
    end;

  if (responseCode <> 200) then
    begin
      WriteLn('Error response code = ' + responseCode);
      WriteLn('Error:');
      WriteLn(sbMetaData.GetAsString());
      Exit;
    end;

  WriteLn(sbMetaData.GetAsString());
  WriteLn('Success.');

  //  Sample output:

  //  {
  //   "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",
  //   "acl": [
  //    {
  //     "kind": "storage#objectAccessControl",
  //     "id": "chilkat-ocean/starfish.jpg/1502670320090292/project-owners-933037264567",
  //     "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/starfish.jpg/acl/project-owners-933037264567",
  //     "bucket": "chilkat-ocean",
  //     "object": "starfish.jpg",
  //     "generation": "1502670320090292",
  //     "entity": "project-owners-933037264567",
  //     "role": "OWNER",
  //     "projectTeam": {
  //      "projectNumber": "933037264567",
  //      "team": "owners"
  //     },
  //     "etag": "CLT5kpW71dUCEAE="
  //    },
  //    {
  //     "kind": "storage#objectAccessControl",
  //     "id": "chilkat-ocean/starfish.jpg/1502670320090292/project-editors-933037264567",
  //     "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/starfish.jpg/acl/project-editors-933037264567",
  //     "bucket": "chilkat-ocean",
  //     "object": "starfish.jpg",
  //     "generation": "1502670320090292",
  //     "entity": "project-editors-933037264567",
  //     "role": "OWNER",
  //     "projectTeam": {
  //      "projectNumber": "933037264567",
  //      "team": "editors"
  //     },
  //     "etag": "CLT5kpW71dUCEAE="
  //    },
  //    {
  //     "kind": "storage#objectAccessControl",
  //     "id": "chilkat-ocean/starfish.jpg/1502670320090292/project-viewers-933037264567",
  //     "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/starfish.jpg/acl/project-viewers-933037264567",
  //     "bucket": "chilkat-ocean",
  //     "object": "starfish.jpg",
  //     "generation": "1502670320090292",
  //     "entity": "project-viewers-933037264567",
  //     "role": "READER",
  //     "projectTeam": {
  //      "projectNumber": "933037264567",
  //      "team": "viewers"
  //     },
  //     "etag": "CLT5kpW71dUCEAE="
  //    },
  //    {
  //     "kind": "storage#objectAccessControl",
  //     "id": "chilkat-ocean/starfish.jpg/1502670320090292/user-starfish@chilkat-176611.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
  //     "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-ocean/o/starfish.jpg/acl/user-starfish@chilkat-176611.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
  //     "bucket": "chilkat-ocean",
  //     "object": "starfish.jpg",
  //     "generation": "1502670320090292",
  //     "entity": "user-starfish@chilkat-176611.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
  //     "role": "OWNER",
  //     "email": "starfish@chilkat-176611.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
  //     "etag": "CLT5kpW71dUCEAE="
  //    }
  //   ],
  //   "owner": {
  //    "entity": "user-starfish@chilkat-176611.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
  //   },
  //   "crc32c": "9RjgwQ==",
  //   "etag": "CLT5kpW71dUCEAE="
  //  }
  //  


  sbToken.Free;
  http.Free;
  sbMetaData.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.