Unicode C++ 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

#include <CkRestW.h>
#include <CkOAuth2W.h>
#include <CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkRestW rest;
    bool success;

    //   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
    CkOAuth2W oauth2;
    oauth2.put_AccessToken(L"OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN");
    rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2);

    success = rest.Connect(L"www.googleapis.com",443,true,true);
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    rest.AddQueryParam(L"includeTeamDriveItems",L"true");
    rest.AddQueryParam(L"supportsTeamDrives",L"true");

    //  The following code creates the JSON request body.
    //  The JSON created by this code is shown below.
    CkJsonObjectW jsonReq;
    jsonReq.UpdateString(L"role",L"reader");
    jsonReq.UpdateString(L"type",L"anyone");

    CkStringBuilderW sbReq;
    jsonReq.EmitSb(sbReq);

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

    CkStringBuilderW sbJson;
    success = rest.FullRequestSb(L"POST",L"/drive/v3/files/1BXNQ4sMDD1WibOtcYqgQlwJa0MAa6rTQ/permissions",sbReq,sbJson);
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        wprintf(L"Received error response code: %d\n",rest.get_ResponseStatusCode());
        wprintf(L"Response body:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",sbJson.getAsString());
        return;
    }

    CkJsonObjectW json;
    json.LoadSb(sbJson);

    //  The following code parses the JSON response.
    //  A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.
    const wchar_t *kind = 0;
    const wchar_t *id = 0;
    const wchar_t *type = 0;
    const wchar_t *role = 0;
    bool allowFileDiscovery;

    kind = json.stringOf(L"kind");
    id = json.stringOf(L"id");
    type = json.stringOf(L"type");
    role = json.stringOf(L"role");
    allowFileDiscovery = json.BoolOf(L"allowFileDiscovery");

    wprintf(L"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
}