Swift 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

func chilkatTest() {
    let rest = CkoRest()
    var success: Bool

    //   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
    let oauth2 = CkoOAuth2()
    oauth2.AccessToken = "OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN"
    rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2)

    success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com", port: 443, tls: true, autoReconnect: true)
    if success != true {
        print("\(rest.LastErrorText)")
        return
    }

    rest.AddQueryParam("supportsTeamDrives", value: "true")

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

    let sbReq = CkoStringBuilder()
    jsonReq.EmitSb(sbReq)

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

    let sbJson = CkoStringBuilder()
    success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST", uriPath: "/drive/v3/files/1R_70heIyzIAu1_u0prXbYcaIiJRVkgBl/copy", requestBody: sbReq, responseBody: sbJson)
    if success != true {
        print("\(rest.LastErrorText)")
        return
    }

    if rest.ResponseStatusCode.integerValue != 200 {
        print("Received error response code: \(rest.ResponseStatusCode.integerValue)")
        print("Response body:")
        print("\(sbJson.GetAsString())")
        return
    }

    let json = CkoJsonObject()
    json.LoadSb(sbJson)

    //  The following code parses the JSON response.
    //  A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.
    var kind: String?
    var id: String?
    var name: String?
    var mimeType: String?
    var teamDriveId: String?

    kind = json.StringOf("kind")
    id = json.StringOf("id")
    name = json.StringOf("name")
    mimeType = json.StringOf("mimeType")
    teamDriveId = json.StringOf("teamDriveId")

    print("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"
}