PowerShell 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

[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\myAssemblies\ChilkatDotNet2.dll")

$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest

#   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
$oauth2 = New-Object Chilkat.OAuth2
$oauth2.AccessToken = "OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN"
$rest.SetAuthOAuth2($oauth2)

$success = $rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,$true,$true)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    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 = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jsonReq.UpdateString("role","reader")
$jsonReq.UpdateString("type","anyone")

$sbReq = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$jsonReq.EmitSb($sbReq)

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

$sbJson = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/drive/v3/files/1BXNQ4sMDD1WibOtcYqgQlwJa0MAa6rTQ/permissions",$sbReq,$sbJson)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

if ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -ne 200) {
    $("Received error response code: " + $rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    $("Response body:")
    $($sbJson.GetAsString())
    exit
}

$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.LoadSb($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")

$("Example Completed.")

Sample JSON Request Body

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

Sample JSON Response Body

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