Java 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

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    CkRest rest = new CkRest();
    boolean success;

    //   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
    CkOAuth2 oauth2 = new CkOAuth2();
    oauth2.put_AccessToken("OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN");
    rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2);

    success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,true,true);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

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

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

    CkStringBuilder sbReq = new CkStringBuilder();
    jsonReq.EmitSb(sbReq);

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

    CkStringBuilder sbJson = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/drive/v3/files/1R_70heIyzIAu1_u0prXbYcaIiJRVkgBl/copy",sbReq,sbJson);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        System.out.println("Received error response code: " + rest.get_ResponseStatusCode());
        System.out.println("Response body:");
        System.out.println(sbJson.getAsString());
        return;
        }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    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");

    System.out.println("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"
}