Rust

Create a File in a Folder

See more Google Drive Examples

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.

Rust

let _ = 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.

let g_auth = chilkat::AuthGoogle::new();
g_auth.set_access_token("GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN");

let rest = chilkat::Rest::new();

// Connect using TLS.
let b_auto_reconnect = true;
let _ = rest.connect("www.googleapis.com", 443, true, b_auto_reconnect).is_ok();

// Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
let _ = rest.set_auth_google(&g_auth);

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
// A multipart upload to Google Drive needs a multipart/related Content-Type
let _ = rest.add_header("Content-Type", "multipart/related");

// Specify each part of the request.

// The 1st part is JSON with information about the file.
rest.set_part_selector("1");
let _ = rest.add_header("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=UTF-8");

let json = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
let _ = json.append_string("name", "testHello.txt");
let _ = json.append_string("description", "A simple file that says Hello World.");
let _ = json.append_string("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.

let parents = chilkat::JsonArray::new();
let _ = json.append_array2("parents", &parents);

let folder_id = "0B53Q6OSTWYolY2tPU1BnYW02T2c".to_string();
let _ = parents.add_string_at(-1, &folder_id);

let _ = rest.set_multipart_body_string(&json.emit().unwrap_or_default());

// The 2nd part is the file content, which will contain "Hello World!"
rest.set_part_selector("2");
let _ = rest.add_header("Content-Type", "text/plain");

let file_contents = "Hello World!".to_string();
let _ = rest.set_multipart_body_string(&file_contents);

let Ok(json_response) = rest.full_request_multipart("POST", "/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart") else {
    println!("{}", rest.last_error_text());
    return;
};

// A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if rest.response_status_code() != 200 {
    println!("response status code = {}", rest.response_status_code());
    println!("response status text = {}", rest.response_status_text());
    println!("response header: {}", rest.response_header());
    println!("response JSON: {}", json_response);
    return;
}

// Show the JSON response.
let _ = json.load(&json_response);

// Show the full JSON response.
json.set_emit_compact(false);
println!("{}", json.emit().unwrap_or_default());

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

// Get the fileId:
println!("fileId: {}", json.string_of("id").unwrap_or_default());