C# Google Drive: Make a Copy of a File

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Makes a copy of a file. The name and description of the copy is provided in the JSON body of the request.

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

Chilkat.Rest rest = new Chilkat.Rest();
bool success;

//   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
Chilkat.OAuth2 oauth2 = new Chilkat.OAuth2();
oauth2.AccessToken = "OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN";
rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2);

success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,true,true);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

rest.AddQueryParam("supportsTeamDrives","true");

//  The following code creates the JSON request body.
//  The JSON created by this code is shown below.
Chilkat.JsonObject jsonReq = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jsonReq.UpdateString("name","penguins2.jpg");
jsonReq.UpdateString("description","resized and edited by Matt");

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbReq = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
jsonReq.EmitSb(sbReq);

rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbJson = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/drive/v3/files/1R_70heIyzIAu1_u0prXbYcaIiJRVkgBl/copy",sbReq,sbJson);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

if (rest.ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Received error response code: " + Convert.ToString(rest.ResponseStatusCode));
    Debug.WriteLine("Response body:");
    Debug.WriteLine(sbJson.GetAsString());
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.LoadSb(sbJson);

//  The following code parses the JSON response.
//  A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.
string kind;
string id;
string name;
string mimeType;
string teamDriveId;

kind = json.StringOf("kind");
id = json.StringOf("id");
name = json.StringOf("name");
mimeType = json.StringOf("mimeType");
teamDriveId = json.StringOf("teamDriveId");

Debug.WriteLine("Example Completed.");

Sample JSON Request Body

{
    "name": "penguins2.jpg",
    "description": "resized and edited by Matt"
}

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "kind": "drive#file",
  "id": "1xx378JF8abx17LXlRt65031J9TQkolQX",
  "name": "penguins2.jpg",
  "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
  "teamDriveId": "0AEd3EhGff2SaUk9PVA"
}