Perl Google Drive: Create a Permission for a File

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Creates a new permission for a file. (In this example the permission is created for the file with id = 1BXNQ4sMDD1WibOtcYqgQlwJa0MAa6rTQ)

Documentation: https://developers.google.com/drive/v3/reference/permissions/create

use chilkat();

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

#   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
$oauth2 = chilkat::CkOAuth2->new();
$oauth2->put_AccessToken("OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN");
$rest->SetAuthOAuth2($oauth2);

$success = $rest->Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,1,1);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$rest->AddQueryParam("includeTeamDriveItems","true");
$rest->AddQueryParam("supportsTeamDrives","true");

#  The following code creates the JSON request body.
#  The JSON created by this code is shown below.
$jsonReq = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jsonReq->UpdateString("role","reader");
$jsonReq->UpdateString("type","anyone");

$sbReq = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$jsonReq->EmitSb($sbReq);

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

$sbJson = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$success = $rest->FullRequestSb("POST","/drive/v3/files/1BXNQ4sMDD1WibOtcYqgQlwJa0MAa6rTQ/permissions",$sbReq,$sbJson);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
    print "Received error response code: " . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\r\n";
    print "Response body:" . "\r\n";
    print $sbJson->getAsString() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->LoadSb($sbJson);

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

$kind = $json->stringOf("kind");
$id = $json->stringOf("id");
$type = $json->stringOf("type");
$role = $json->stringOf("role");
$allowFileDiscovery = $json->BoolOf("allowFileDiscovery");

print "Example Completed." . "\r\n";

Sample JSON Request Body

{
  "role": "reader",
  "type": "anyone"
}

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "kind": "drive#permission",
  "id": "anyoneWithLink",
  "type": "anyone",
  "role": "reader",
  "allowFileDiscovery": false
}