Loading RAR and ZIP archives via Google Documents List Data API v3.0 using .NET

Question

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Does anyone know if it's possible to upload archives via the API? An error occurs when using the code from the code.google.com/p/google-gdata/source/browse/trunk/clients/cs/samples/DocListUploader/HiddenForm.cs example . Although, on the other hand, you can download archives using a browser.

Answer 1

The answer is yes you can. You just need to upload via ResumableUploader. Here is an example:

var service = new GoogleDocument("email", "password");
ClientLoginAuthenticator cla = new ClientLoginAuthenticator("111", 
            ServiceNames.Documents,service.Credentials);
ResumableUploader ru = new ResumableUploader();

// Set metadata for our upload.
Document entry = new Document();
entry.Title = "My Archive.zip";
entry.MediaSource = new MediaFileSource("c:\\111.zip", "application/octet-stream");

 // Add the upload uri to document entry.
 Uri createUploadUrl = 
              new Uri("https://docs.google.com/feeds/upload/create-session/default/private/full");
AtomLink link = new AtomLink(createUploadUrl.AbsoluteUri);
link.Rel = ResumableUploader.CreateMediaRelation;
entry.DocumentEntry.Links.Add(link);

ru.Insert(cla, entry.DocumentEntry);

The only thing that's confusing is the MediaFileSource. But I haven't found another way yet, but this one works.