Python Google Drive: Update a Comment

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Updates (modifies) a particular comment on a file. This example updates the comment (id="AAAABg7tSGw") from the file having id = "0B5drHSd5ZHwgc3RhcnRlcl9maWxlX2Rhc2hlclYw".

Documentation: https://developers.google.com/drive/v3/reference/comments/update

import sys
import chilkat

rest = chilkat.CkRest()

#   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
oauth2 = chilkat.CkOAuth2()
oauth2.put_AccessToken("OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN")
rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2)

success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,True,True)
if (success != True):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

rest.AddQueryParam("fields","id,author,content")

#  The following code creates the JSON request body.
#  The JSON created by this code is shown below.
jsonReq = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jsonReq.UpdateString("content","This is the updated comment.")

sbReq = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
jsonReq.EmitSb(sbReq)

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

sbJson = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
success = rest.FullRequestSb("PATCH","/drive/v3/files/0B5drHSd5ZHwgc3RhcnRlcl9maWxlX2Rhc2hlclYw/comments/AAAABg7tSGw",sbReq,sbJson)
if (success != True):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200):
    print("Received error response code: " + str(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()))
    print("Response body:")
    print(sbJson.getAsString())
    sys.exit()

json = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
json.LoadSb(sbJson)

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

id = json.stringOf("id")
authorKind = json.stringOf("author.kind")
authorDisplayName = json.stringOf("author.displayName")
authorPhotoLink = json.stringOf("author.photoLink")
authorMe = json.BoolOf("author.me")
content = json.stringOf("content")

print("Example Completed.")

Sample JSON Request Body

{
  "content": "This is the updated comment."
}

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "id": "AAAABg7tSGw",
  "author": {
    "kind": "drive#user",
    "displayName": "Matt Fausey",
    "photoLink": "//ssl.gstatic.com/s2/profiles/images/silhouette96.png",
    "me": true
  },
  "content": "This is the updated comment."
}