Swift Google Drive: Get a File's MetaData

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Gets a file's metadata by ID. (In this example the file id = 1R_70heIyzIAu1_u0prXbYcaIiJRVkgBl)

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

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

    let sbJson = CkoStringBuilder()
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET", uriPath: "/drive/v3/files/1R_70heIyzIAu1_u0prXbYcaIiJRVkgBl", 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 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 Response Body

{
  "kind": "drive#file",
  "id": "1R_70heIyzIAu1_u0prXbYcaIiJRVkgBl",
  "name": "penguins.jpg",
  "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
  "teamDriveId": "0AEd3EhGff2SaUk9PVA"
}