Ruby 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

require '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,true,true)
if (success != true)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

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 != true)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200)
    print "Received error response code: " + rest.get_ResponseStatusCode().to_s() + "\n";
    print "Response body:" + "\n";
    print sbJson.getAsString() + "\n";
    exit
end

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." + "\n";

Sample JSON Request Body

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

Sample JSON Response Body

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