VBScript Google Drive: List Comments on a File

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Lists the comment on a file. The file is specified by file ID. This example lists comments on the file having id = "0B5drHSd5ZHwgc3RhcnRlcl9maWxlX2Rhc2hlclYw".

Documentation: https://developers.google.com/drive/v3/reference/comments/list

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True)

set rest = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest")

'   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
set oauth2 = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.OAuth2")
oauth2.AccessToken = "OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN"
success = rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2)

success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,1,1)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = rest.AddQueryParam("fields","comments")

set sbJson = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/drive/v3/files/0B5drHSd5ZHwgc3RhcnRlcl9maWxlX2Rhc2hlclYw/comments",sbJson)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Received error response code: " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    outFile.WriteLine("Response body:")
    outFile.WriteLine(sbJson.GetAsString())
    WScript.Quit
End If

set json = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
success = json.LoadSb(sbJson)

'  The following code parses the JSON response.
'  A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.

i = 0
count_i = json.SizeOfArray("comments")
Do While i < count_i
    json.I = i
    kind = json.StringOf("comments[i].kind")
    id = json.StringOf("comments[i].id")
    createdTime = json.StringOf("comments[i].createdTime")
    modifiedTime = json.StringOf("comments[i].modifiedTime")
    authorKind = json.StringOf("comments[i].author.kind")
    authorDisplayName = json.StringOf("comments[i].author.displayName")
    authorPhotoLink = json.StringOf("comments[i].author.photoLink")
    authorMe = json.BoolOf("comments[i].author.me")
    htmlContent = json.StringOf("comments[i].htmlContent")
    content = json.StringOf("comments[i].content")
    deleted = json.BoolOf("comments[i].deleted")
    resolved = json.BoolOf("comments[i].resolved")
    j = 0
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("comments[i].replies")
    Do While j < count_j
        json.J = j
        kind = json.StringOf("comments[i].replies[j].kind")
        id = json.StringOf("comments[i].replies[j].id")
        createdTime = json.StringOf("comments[i].replies[j].createdTime")
        modifiedTime = json.StringOf("comments[i].replies[j].modifiedTime")
        authorKind = json.StringOf("comments[i].replies[j].author.kind")
        authorDisplayName = json.StringOf("comments[i].replies[j].author.displayName")
        authorPhotoLink = json.StringOf("comments[i].replies[j].author.photoLink")
        authorMe = json.BoolOf("comments[i].replies[j].author.me")
        htmlContent = json.StringOf("comments[i].replies[j].htmlContent")
        content = json.StringOf("comments[i].replies[j].content")
        deleted = json.BoolOf("comments[i].replies[j].deleted")
        action = json.StringOf("comments[i].replies[j].action")
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    i = i + 1
Loop

outFile.WriteLine("Example Completed.")

outFile.Close

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "comments": [
    {
      "kind": "drive#comment",
      "id": "AAAABg7vWfw",
      "createdTime": "2017-11-13T17:51:57.906Z",
      "modifiedTime": "2017-11-13T17:51:57.906Z",
      "author": {
        "kind": "drive#user",
        "displayName": "Matt Fausey",
        "photoLink": "//ssl.gstatic.com/s2/profiles/images/silhouette96.png",
        "me": true
      },
      "htmlContent": "This is the 2nd test comment about this file...",
      "content": "This is the 2nd test comment about this file...",
      "deleted": false,
      "resolved": false,
      "replies": [
      ]
    },
    {
      "kind": "drive#comment",
      "id": "AAAABg7tSGw",
      "createdTime": "2017-11-13T17:43:05.735Z",
      "modifiedTime": "2017-11-13T18:25:11.828Z",
      "author": {
        "kind": "drive#user",
        "displayName": "Matt Fausey",
        "photoLink": "//ssl.gstatic.com/s2/profiles/images/silhouette96.png",
        "me": true
      },
      "htmlContent": "This is a test comment about this file...",
      "content": "This is a test comment about this file...",
      "deleted": false,
      "resolved": true,
      "replies": [
        {
          "kind": "drive#reply",
          "id": "AAAABg76H9g",
          "createdTime": "2017-11-13T18:24:12.782Z",
          "modifiedTime": "2017-11-13T18:24:12.782Z",
          "author": {
            "kind": "drive#user",
            "displayName": "Matt Fausey",
            "photoLink": "//ssl.gstatic.com/s2/profiles/images/silhouette96.png",
            "me": true
          },
          "htmlContent": "This is the first reply to a comment.",
          "content": "This is the first reply to a comment.",
          "deleted": false,
          "action": "reopen"
        },
        {
          "kind": "drive#reply",
          "id": "AAAABg76H9k",
          "createdTime": "2017-11-13T18:24:45.085Z",
          "modifiedTime": "2017-11-13T18:24:45.085Z",
          "author": {
            "kind": "drive#user",
            "displayName": "Matt Fausey",
            "photoLink": "//ssl.gstatic.com/s2/profiles/images/silhouette96.png",
            "me": true
          },
          "htmlContent": "This is the second reply to a comment.",
          "content": "This is the second reply to a comment.",
          "deleted": false,
          "action": "resolve"
        },
        {
          "kind": "drive#reply",
          "id": "AAAABg76H9o",
          "createdTime": "2017-11-13T18:25:11.828Z",
          "modifiedTime": "2017-11-13T18:25:11.828Z",
          "author": {
            "kind": "drive#user",
            "displayName": "Matt Fausey",
            "photoLink": "//ssl.gstatic.com/s2/profiles/images/silhouette96.png",
            "me": true
          },
          "htmlContent": "This is the third reply to a comment.",
          "content": "This is the third reply to a comment.",
          "deleted": false,
          "action": "resolve"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}