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Manage Bucket Storage Class

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Demonstrates how to manage a bucket's default storage class.

See Cloud Storage Classes for information about storage classes.

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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,
  Chilkat.HttpResponse,
  Chilkat.JsonObject;

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

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  sbToken: TStringBuilder;
  json: TJsonObject;
  http: THttp;
  url: string;
  resp: THttpResponse;
  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');

  //  ---- Step 1
  //  Create the JSON body of the PUT request that will be sent.

  //  {
  //    "storageClass": "[STORAGE_CLASS]"
  //  }
  //  

  json := TJsonObject.Create;
  //  Be careful if using the "regional" storage class.  See the note below about the 400 error response.
  json.UpdateString('storageClass','nearline');

  //  ---- Step 2
  //  Send a PUT equivalent to this curl command

  //  curl -X PUT --data-binary @[JSON_FILE_NAME].json \
  //      -H "Authorization: Bearer [OAUTH2_TOKEN]" \
  //      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  //      "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/[BUCKET_NAME]?fields=storageClass"

  http := THttp.Create;
  http.AuthToken := sbToken.GetAsString();

  http.SetUrlVar('bucket_name','chilkat-ocean');
  url := 'https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/{$bucket_name}?fields=storageClass';
  resp := THttpResponse.Create;
  success := http.HttpJson('PUT',url,json,'application/json',resp);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(http.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  responseCode := resp.StatusCode;
  if (responseCode = 401) then
    begin
      WriteLn(resp.BodyStr);
      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.');
      Exit;
    end;

  //  On my first try at running this code, I received the following error response:
  //  Response code: 400
  //  Response body
  //  {
  //   "error": {
  //    "errors": [
  //     {
  //      "domain": "global",
  //      "reason": "invalid",
  //      "message": "The combination of locationConstraint and storageClass you provided is not supported for your project"
  //     }
  //    ],
  //    "code": 400,
  //    "message": "The combination of locationConstraint and storageClass you provided is not supported for your project"
  //   }
  //  }
  //  

  //  This was because my storage location was a Multi-regional location, and I tried to assign the "regional" storage class,
  //  which is not allowed. 

  WriteLn('Response code: ' + responseCode);
  WriteLn('Response body');
  WriteLn(resp.BodyStr);

  //  A response code = 200 indicates success, and the response body contains the JSON
  //  
  //  Response code: 200
  //  Response body
  //  {
  //   "storageClass": "NEARLINE"
  //  }
  //  


  sbToken.Free;
  json.Free;
  http.Free;
  resp.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.