using google api explorer to upload data to google cloud storage

Question

i am trying to use google api explorer to first try to insert an object to google cloud storage.

the request looks like

POST https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/visionapibucket/o?key={YOUR_API_KEY}

{
 "contentType": "image/jpeg",
 "uploadType": "media",
 "path": "/upload/storage/v1/b/visionapibucket/o"
}

but i see the error as

400 HTTP/2.0 400

- Show headers -

{
 "error": {
  "errors": [
   {
    "domain": "global",
    "reason": "required",
    "message": "Required"
   },
   {
    "domain": "global",
    "reason": "wrongUrlForUpload",
    "message": "Upload requests must include an uploadType URL parameter and a URL path beginning with /upload/",
    "extendedHelp": "https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/json_api/v1/how-tos/upload"
   }
  ],
  "code": 400,
  "message": "Required"
 }
}

not sure what i am missing. please advise

Answer 1

Looks like a bug on the website. It doesn't seem like the explorer supports media.

The request it generated looks like:

POST https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/visionapibucket/o?key={YOUR_API_KEY}

But a proper upload request would look like:

POST https://www.googleapis.com/upload/storage/v1/b/visionapibucket/o?key={YOUR_API_KEY}&uploadType=media&name=myfile.jpeg

You'll also want to include a "Content-Type" header specifying that it's a JPEG image.

There's a guide on the various ways to upload objects using the JSON API here. The specific type you're looking for is like a simple upload .