C Google Cloud Storage: Copy File (Object) to another Bucket

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Copies a fie (also known as an object) to another Google Cloud Storage bucket. This example copies the file "starfish.jpg" from the "chilkat-test" bucket to the "chilkat-images" bucket. In Google Cloud Storage, moving a file to a new bucket is a 2-step operation: First copy the file, then delete the original.

Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/renaming-copying-moving-objects

CURL Command

curl -X POST https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-bucket/o/starfish.jpg/rewriteTo/b/chilkat-images/o/starfish.jpg?project=MY_CLOUD_STORAGE_PROJECT \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer CLOUD_STORAGE_TOKEN"

C Example

#include <C_CkRest.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkRest rest;
    BOOL success;
    BOOL bTls;
    int port;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkStringBuilder sbResponseBody;
    int respStatusCode;
    HCkJsonObject jsonResponse;
    const char *kind;
    const char *totalBytesRewritten;
    const char *objectSize;
    BOOL done;
    const char *resourceKind;
    const char *resourceId;
    const char *resourceSelfLink;
    const char *resourceName;
    const char *resourceBucket;
    const char *resourceGeneration;
    const char *resourceMetageneration;
    const char *resourceContentType;
    const char *resourceTimeCreated;
    const char *resourceUpdated;
    const char *resourceStorageClass;
    const char *resourceTimeStorageClassUpdated;
    const char *resourceSize;
    const char *resourceMd5Hash;
    const char *resourceMediaLink;
    const char *resourceCrc32c;
    const char *resourceEtag;

    rest = CkRest_Create();

    //  URL: https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-bucket/o/starfish.jpg/rewriteTo/b/chilkat-images/o/starfish.jpg?project=MY_CLOUD_STORAGE_PROJECT
    bTls = TRUE;
    port = 443;
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRest_Connect(rest,"www.googleapis.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("ConnectFailReason: %d\n",CkRest_getConnectFailReason(rest));
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    CkRest_AddHeader(rest,"Authorization","Bearer CLOUD_STORAGE_TOKEN");

    sbResponseBody = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    success = CkRest_FullRequestNoBodySb(rest,"POST","/storage/v1/b/chilkat-bucket/o/starfish.jpg/rewriteTo/b/chilkat-images/o/starfish.jpg?project=MY_CLOUD_STORAGE_PROJECT",sbResponseBody);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    respStatusCode = CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest);
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        printf("Response Status Code = %d\n",respStatusCode);
        printf("Response Header:\n");
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_responseHeader(rest));
        printf("Response Body:\n");
        printf("%s\n",CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbResponseBody));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    jsonResponse = CkJsonObject_Create();
    CkJsonObject_LoadSb(jsonResponse,sbResponseBody);

    //  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Parse Code

    kind = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"kind");
    totalBytesRewritten = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"totalBytesRewritten");
    objectSize = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"objectSize");
    done = CkJsonObject_BoolOf(jsonResponse,"done");
    resourceKind = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"resource.kind");
    resourceId = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"resource.id");
    resourceSelfLink = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"resource.selfLink");
    resourceName = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"resource.name");
    resourceBucket = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"resource.bucket");
    resourceGeneration = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"resource.generation");
    resourceMetageneration = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"resource.metageneration");
    resourceContentType = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"resource.contentType");
    resourceTimeCreated = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"resource.timeCreated");
    resourceUpdated = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"resource.updated");
    resourceStorageClass = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"resource.storageClass");
    resourceTimeStorageClassUpdated = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"resource.timeStorageClassUpdated");
    resourceSize = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"resource.size");
    resourceMd5Hash = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"resource.md5Hash");
    resourceMediaLink = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"resource.mediaLink");
    resourceCrc32c = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"resource.crc32c");
    resourceEtag = CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonResponse,"resource.etag");


    CkRest_Dispose(rest);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonResponse);

    }

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "kind": "storage#rewriteResponse",
  "totalBytesRewritten": "6229",
  "objectSize": "6229",
  "done": true,
  "resource": {
    "kind": "storage#object",
    "id": "chilkat-images/starfish.jpg/1540298057547474",
    "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/chilkat-images/o/starfish.jpg",
    "name": "starfish.jpg",
    "bucket": "chilkat-images",
    "generation": "1540298057547474",
    "metageneration": "1",
    "contentType": "image/jpeg",
    "timeCreated": "2018-10-23T12:34:17.547Z",
    "updated": "2018-10-23T12:34:17.547Z",
    "storageClass": "MULTI_REGIONAL",
    "timeStorageClassUpdated": "2018-10-23T12:34:17.547Z",
    "size": "6229",
    "md5Hash": "LpxZ2/JmI2fcl9/dqF2gSA==",
    "mediaLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/chilkat-images/o/starfish.jpg?generation=1540298057547474&alt=media",
    "crc32c": "9RjgwQ==",
    "etag": "CNL9xbTJnN4CEAE="
  }
}