C Google Drive: Get a File's MetaData

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Gets a file's metadata by ID. (In this example the file id = 1R_70heIyzIAu1_u0prXbYcaIiJRVkgBl)

Documentation: https://developers.google.com/drive/v3/reference/files/get

#include <C_CkRest.h>
#include <C_CkOAuth2.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkRest rest;
    BOOL success;
    HCkOAuth2 oauth2;
    HCkStringBuilder sbJson;
    HCkJsonObject json;
    const char *kind;
    const char *id;
    const char *name;
    const char *mimeType;
    const char *teamDriveId;

    rest = CkRest_Create();

    //   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
    oauth2 = CkOAuth2_Create();
    CkOAuth2_putAccessToken(oauth2,"OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN");
    CkRest_SetAuthOAuth2(rest,oauth2);

    success = CkRest_Connect(rest,"www.googleapis.com",443,TRUE,TRUE);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkOAuth2_Dispose(oauth2);
        return;
    }

    CkRest_AddQueryParam(rest,"includeTeamDriveItems","true");
    CkRest_AddQueryParam(rest,"supportsTeamDrives","true");

    sbJson = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    success = CkRest_FullRequestNoBodySb(rest,"GET","/drive/v3/files/1R_70heIyzIAu1_u0prXbYcaIiJRVkgBl",sbJson);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkRest_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkOAuth2_Dispose(oauth2);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbJson);
        return;
    }

    if (CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest) != 200) {
        printf("Received error response code: %d\n",CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest));
        printf("Response body:\n");
        printf("%s\n",CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbJson));
        CkRest_Dispose(rest);
        CkOAuth2_Dispose(oauth2);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbJson);
        return;
    }

    json = CkJsonObject_Create();
    CkJsonObject_LoadSb(json,sbJson);

    //  The following code parses the JSON response.
    //  A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.

    kind = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"kind");
    id = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"id");
    name = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"name");
    mimeType = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"mimeType");
    teamDriveId = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"teamDriveId");

    printf("Example Completed.\n");


    CkRest_Dispose(rest);
    CkOAuth2_Dispose(oauth2);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbJson);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);

    }

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "kind": "drive#file",
  "id": "1R_70heIyzIAu1_u0prXbYcaIiJRVkgBl",
  "name": "penguins.jpg",
  "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
  "teamDriveId": "0AEd3EhGff2SaUk9PVA"
}