Swift Google Drive: Generate a Set of File IDs

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Generates a set of file IDs which can be provided in create requests.

Documentation: https://developers.google.com/drive/v3/reference/files/generateIds

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("count", value: "20")
    rest.AddQueryParam("space", value: "drive")

    let sbJson = CkoStringBuilder()
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET", uriPath: "/drive/v3/files/generateIds", sb: 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 space: String?
    var i: Int
    var count_i: Int
    var strVal: String?

    kind = json.StringOf("kind")
    space = json.StringOf("space")
    i = 0
    count_i = json.SizeOfArray("ids").integerValue
    while i < count_i {
        json.I = i
        strVal = json.StringOf("ids[i]")
        i = i + 1
    }

    print("Example Completed.")

}

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "kind": "drive#generatedIds",
  "space": "drive",
  "ids": [
    "1IT3VaUqXuF4l_4UKAFSmmC0em6kwlkle",
    "1dX50zZmgzwDUonE_GI59oTF1D7RRYD3o",
    "1eH17RULdRXu03inCaNuSeYkNwPS2nfUZ",
    "1jXHKTHe6LazdWV0wPl8xAeHEoo_ZMBVt",
    "1eBH9E3XDEczuUyfeOXT4Abq8S343qt5r",
    "1R3okvS4vI1f1Psg0IJJ3dIhVQsv9SNyY",
    "1rrh7NzGCgK0gYFlHC3IUdqQjcsVInN76",
    "1glhBVDGFgS-61B_l0HaHBGiMRwyhuzp_",
    "1gou1y4Mrq_ETHW7-GMV53e2jlhnze_2A",
    "1KSUwFR7E9iDxpcLO8_hr6nnLUXGR0kAY",
    "1pWt-cW7IBeEyGAkOxu8Q1KUpoHCkjGB2",
    "1nnuZfxcmvq_nmHDKZLvKfohYFbs2X1q_",
    "1rCGGTlP9aU9KNj_Qnt1a4ea3WdbV3NGk",
    "1pLDQjyeBQvYOehHvW9mfzRzMp6yA-HOZ",
    "1Ea-LO9eiwRlgJ-XvpFRxZUje1kFwaEBq",
    "1nXtRHiCcIhXtY3YVcKmArlrljM2eLoGp",
    "1g1VldY1fC3-w0JPycgUOU1mC524r5AHH",
    "1lh1cKumE6jMc-FTfPk7y0V3jqzGydzyQ",
    "1ZPdHqv3NI8tdVJ2k_XBr8cpkJYuq1E6c",
    "1bxfXQmmrOUCnkZJogavDd6CF0eMSAzo9"
  ]
}