Visual Basic 6.0 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

Dim rest As New ChilkatRest
Dim success As Long

'   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
Dim oauth2 As New ChilkatOAuth2
oauth2.AccessToken = "OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN"
success = rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2)

success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,1,1)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

success = rest.AddQueryParam("includeTeamDriveItems","true")
success = rest.AddQueryParam("supportsTeamDrives","true")

'  The following code creates the JSON request body.
'  The JSON created by this code is shown below.
Dim jsonReq As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("role","reader")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("type","anyone")

Dim sbReq As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = jsonReq.EmitSb(sbReq)

success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")

Dim sbJson As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/drive/v3/files/1BXNQ4sMDD1WibOtcYqgQlwJa0MAa6rTQ/permissions",sbReq,sbJson)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.Print "Received error response code: " & rest.ResponseStatusCode
    Debug.Print "Response body:"
    Debug.Print sbJson.GetAsString()
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.LoadSb(sbJson)

'  The following code parses the JSON response.
'  A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.
Dim kind As String
Dim id As String
Dim type As String
Dim role As String
Dim allowFileDiscovery As Long

kind = json.StringOf("kind")
id = json.StringOf("id")
type = json.StringOf("type")
role = json.StringOf("role")
allowFileDiscovery = json.BoolOf("allowFileDiscovery")

Debug.Print "Example Completed."

Sample JSON Request Body

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

Sample JSON Response Body

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