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Google Drive - Build a Local Cache of Metadata

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This example demonstrates how to download the metadata for all files in a Google Drive account to create a local filesystem cache with the information. The cache can be used to fetch information without having to query Google Drive.

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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.AuthGoogle,
  Chilkat.CkDateTime,
  Chilkat.JsonArray,
  Chilkat.StringArray,
  Chilkat.Rest,
  Chilkat.JsonObject,
  Chilkat.StringBuilder,
  Chilkat.Cache,
  Chilkat.Hashtable;

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

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  gAuth: TAuthGoogle;
  rest: TRest;
  bAutoReconnect: Boolean;
  gdCache: TCache;
  numCacheFilesDeleted: Integer;
  dtExpire: TCkDateTime;
  allFields: string;
  jsonMaster: TJsonObject;
  jsonMasterArr: TJsonArray;
  jsonMasterPaths: TJsonArray;
  json: TJsonObject;
  jsonFileMetadata: TJsonObject;
  i: Integer;
  numFiles: Integer;
  jsonResponse: string;
  pageNumber: Integer;
  pageToken: string;
  bContinueLoop: Boolean;
  bHasMorePages: Boolean;
  hashTable: THashtable;
  sbPathForFileId: TStringBuilder;
  saFileInfo: TStringArray;
  fileId: string;
  sbPath: TStringBuilder;
  bFinished: Boolean;
  strJsonMaster: string;

begin
  success := False;

  success := True;

  //  It 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.

  gAuth := TAuthGoogle.Create;
  gAuth.AccessToken := 'GOOGLE_DRIVE_ACCESS_TOKEN';

  rest := TRest.Create;

  //  Connect using TLS.
  bAutoReconnect := True;
  success := rest.Connect('www.googleapis.com',443,True,bAutoReconnect);

  //  Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
  rest.SetAuthGoogle(gAuth);

  //  -------------------------------------------------------------------
  //  Initialize our cache object.  Indicate the location of the root cache directory, and how many cache levels are to exist.
  //  For small caches (level 0) all cache files are in the root directory.
  //  For medium caches (level 1) cache files are located in 256 sub-directories from the root.
  //  For large caches (level 2) cache files are located in 256x256 sub-directories two levels down from the root.
  gdCache := TCache.Create;
  gdCache.Level := 0;
  //  Use a root directory that makes sense on your operating system..
  gdCache.AddRoot('C:/ckCache/googleDrive');

  //  If we are re-building the cache, we can first delete the entire contents of the cache.
  numCacheFilesDeleted := gdCache.DeleteAll();

  //  Create a date/time object with an time 7 days from the current date/time.
  dtExpire := TCkDateTime.Create;
  dtExpire.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
  dtExpire.AddDays(7);

  //  Indicate that we want ALL possible fields.
  //  If no fields are indicated, then only the basic fields are returned.
  allFields := 'appProperties,capabilities,contentHints,createdTime,description,explicitlyTrashed,fileExtension,folderColorRgb,fullFileExtension,headRevisionId,iconLink,id,imageMediaMetadata,isAppAuthorized,kind,lastModifyingUser,md5Checksum,mimeType,modifiedByMeTime,modifiedTime,name,originalFilename,ownedByMe,owners,parents,permissions,properties,quotaBytesUsed,shared,sharedWithMeTime,sharingUser,size,spaces,starred,thumbnailLink,trashed,version,videoMediaMetadata,viewedByMe,viewedByMeTime,viewersCanCopyContent,webContentLink,webViewLink,writersCanShare';

  //  We're going to keep a master list of fileId's as we iterate over all the files in this Google Drive account.
  //  This master list will also be saved to the cache under the key "AllGoogleDriveFileIds".
  jsonMaster := TJsonObject.Create;

  jsonMasterArr := TJsonArray.Create;
  jsonMaster.AppendArray2('fileIds',jsonMasterArr);

  //  Also keep a list of file paths.
  jsonMasterPaths := TJsonArray.Create;
  jsonMaster.AppendArray2('filePaths',jsonMasterPaths);

  //  The default page size is 100, with a max of 1000.
  rest.AddQueryParam('pageSize','200');

  json := TJsonObject.Create;

  //  Send the request for the 1st page.
  jsonResponse := rest.FullRequestNoBody('GET','/drive/v3/files');

  pageNumber := 1;

  bContinueLoop := rest.LastMethodSuccess and (rest.ResponseStatusCode = 200);

  while bContinueLoop = True do
    begin

      WriteLn('---- Page ' + pageNumber + ' ----');
      json.Load(jsonResponse);

      numFiles := json.SizeOfArray('files');
      i := 0;
      while i < numFiles do
        begin
          //  Add this file ID to the master list.
          json.I := i;
          jsonMasterArr.AddStringAt(-1,json.StringOf('files[i].id'));

          i := i + 1;
        end;

      //  Get the next page of files.
      //  If the "nextPageToken" is present in the JSON response, then use it in the "pageToken" parameter
      //  for the next request.   If no "nextPageToken" was present, then this was the last page of files.
      pageToken := json.StringOf('nextPageToken');
      bContinueLoop := False;
      bHasMorePages := json.LastMethodSuccess;
      if (bHasMorePages = True) then
        begin
          rest.ClearAllQueryParams();
          rest.AddQueryParam('pageSize','200');
          rest.AddQueryParam('pageToken',pageToken);
          jsonResponse := rest.FullRequestNoBody('GET','/drive/v3/files');
          bContinueLoop := rest.LastMethodSuccess and (rest.ResponseStatusCode = 200);
          pageNumber := pageNumber + 1;
        end;

    end;

  //  Check to see if the above loop exited with errors...
  if (rest.LastMethodSuccess = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Check to see if the above loop exited with errors...
  //  A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
  if (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) then
    begin
      WriteLn('response status code = ' + rest.ResponseStatusCode);
      WriteLn('response status text = ' + rest.ResponseStatusText);
      WriteLn('response header: ' + rest.ResponseHeader);
      WriteLn('response JSON: ' + jsonResponse);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Iterate over the file IDs and download the metadata for each, saving each to the cache...
  //  Also, keep in-memory hash entries of the name and parent[0] so we can quickly 
  //  build the path-->fileId cache entries. (Given that the Google Drive REST API uses
  //  fileIds, this gives us an easy way to lookup a fileId based on a filePath.)
  hashTable := THashtable.Create;
  //  Set the capacity of the hash table to something reasonable for the number of files
  //  to be hashed.
  hashTable.ClearWithNewCapacity(521);

  sbPathForFileId := TStringBuilder.Create;

  //  Used for storing the file name and parents[0] in the hashTable.
  saFileInfo := TStringArray.Create;
  saFileInfo.Unique := False;

  numFiles := jsonMaster.SizeOfArray('fileIds');
  i := 0;
  while i < numFiles do
    begin
      jsonMaster.I := i;
      fileId := jsonMaster.StringOf('fileIds[i]');
      sbPathForFileId.SetString('/drive/v3/files/');
      sbPathForFileId.Append(fileId);

      rest.ClearAllQueryParams();
      rest.AddQueryParam('fields',allFields);
      jsonResponse := rest.FullRequestNoBody('GET',sbPathForFileId.GetAsString());
      if ((rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) or (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200)) then
        begin
          //  Force an exit of this loop..
          numFiles := 0;
        end;

      //  Save this file's metadata to the local cache.
      //  The lookup key is the fileId.
      gdCache.SaveTextDt(fileId,dtExpire,'',jsonResponse);

      //  Get this file's name and parent[0], and put this information
      //  in our in-memory hashtable to be used below..
      json.Load(jsonResponse);

      saFileInfo.Clear();
      saFileInfo.Append(json.StringOf('name'));
      saFileInfo.Append(json.StringOf('parents[0]'));
      hashTable.AddStr(fileId,saFileInfo.Serialize());

      WriteLn(json.StringOf('name') + ', ' + json.StringOf('parents[0]'));

      i := i + 1;
    end;

  //  Check to see if the above loop exited with errors...
  if (rest.LastMethodSuccess = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(rest.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Check to see if the above loop exited with errors...
  //  A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
  if (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) then
    begin
      WriteLn('response status code = ' + rest.ResponseStatusCode);
      WriteLn('response status text = ' + rest.ResponseStatusText);
      WriteLn('response header: ' + rest.ResponseHeader);
      WriteLn('response JSON: ' + jsonResponse);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Now that all the fileId's are in the cache, let's build the directory path
  //  for each fileID.  

  //  (Technically, a fileId can have multiple parents, which means it can be in multiple directories
  //  at once.  This is only going to build directory paths following the 0'th parent ID in the parents list.)

  //  The directory path for files in "My Drive" will be just the filename.
  //  For files in sub-directories, the path will be relative, such as "subdir1/subdir2/something.pdf"
  //  

  WriteLn('---- building paths ----');

  sbPath := TStringBuilder.Create;
  numFiles := jsonMaster.SizeOfArray('fileIds');
  i := 0;
  while i < numFiles do
    begin
      jsonMaster.I := i;

      sbPath.Clear();

      fileId := jsonMaster.StringOf('fileIds[i]');
      bFinished := False;
      while (bFinished = False) do
        begin
          saFileInfo.Clear();
          saFileInfo.AppendSerialized(hashTable.LookupStr(fileId));
          //  Append this file or directory name.
          sbPath.Prepend(saFileInfo.GetString(0));
          //  Get the parent fileId
          fileId := saFileInfo.GetString(1);
          //  If this fileId is not in the hashtable, then it's the fileId for "My Drive", and we are finished.
          if (hashTable.Contains(fileId) = False) then
            begin
              bFinished := True;
            end
          else
            begin
              sbPath.Prepend('/');
            end;
        end;

      WriteLn(i + ': ' + sbPath.GetAsString());

      //  Store the filePath --> fileId mapping in our local cache.
      fileId := jsonMaster.StringOf('fileIds[i]');
      gdCache.SaveTextDt(sbPath.GetAsString(),dtExpire,'',fileId);

      jsonMasterPaths.AddStringAt(-1,sbPath.GetAsString());

      i := i + 1;
    end;

  //  Save the master list of file IDs and file paths to the local cache.
  jsonMaster.EmitCompact := False;
  strJsonMaster := jsonMaster.Emit();
  gdCache.SaveTextNoExpire('AllGoogleDriveFileIds','',strJsonMaster);
  WriteLn('JSON Master Record:');
  WriteLn(strJsonMaster);

  //  The JSON Master Cache Record looks something like this:
  //  An application can load the JSON master record and iterate over all the files
  //  in Google Drive by file ID, or by path.  
  //  {
  //    "fileIds": [
  //      "0B53Q6OSTWYolQlExSlBQT1phZXM",
  //      "0B53Q6OSTWYolVHRPVkxtYWFtZkk",
  //      "0B53Q6OSTWYolRGZEV3ZGUTZfNFk",
  //      "0B53Q6OSTWYolS2FXSjliMXQxSU0",
  //      "0B53Q6OSTWYolZUhxckMzb0dRMzg",
  //      "0B53Q6OSTWYolbUF6WS1Gei1oalk",
  //      "0B53Q6OSTWYola296ODZUSm5GYU0",
  //      "0B53Q6OSTWYolbTE3c3J5RHBUcHM",
  //      "0B53Q6OSTWYolTmhybWJSUGd5Q2c",
  //      "0B53Q6OSTWYolY2tPU1BnYW02T2c",
  //      "0B53Q6OSTWYolTTBBR2NvUE81Zzg",
  //    ],
  //    "filePaths": [
  //      "testFolder/abc/123/pigs.json",
  //      "testFolder/starfish20.jpg",
  //      "testFolder/penguins2.jpg",
  //      "testFolder/starfish.jpg",
  //      "testFolder/abc/123/starfish.jpg",
  //      "testFolder/abc/123/penguins.jpg",
  //      "testFolder/abc/123",
  //      "testFolder/abc",
  //      "testFolder/testHello.txt",
  //      "testFolder",
  //      "helloWorld.txt",
  //    ]
  //  }

  WriteLn('Entire cache rebuilt...');


  gAuth.Free;
  rest.Free;
  gdCache.Free;
  dtExpire.Free;
  jsonMaster.Free;
  jsonMasterArr.Free;
  jsonMasterPaths.Free;
  json.Free;
  hashTable.Free;
  sbPathForFileId.Free;
  saFileInfo.Free;
  sbPath.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.