title: Uploading byte stream to Google Drive via input stream
body: <p>I have media content as in byte stream, and I am attempting to upload that stream in Google Drive.</p>
  
  <p>Code :</p>
  
  <pre><code>private static String writeToGoogleDrive(Drive service, String title,
          String description, String parentId, String mimeType,
          final byte[] filename) throws IOException {
      String URL="";
      File body = new File();
      body.setTitle(title);
      body.setDescription(description);
      body.setMimeType(mimeType);
  
  
  
  
      if (parentId != null &amp;&amp; parentId.length() &gt; 0) {
          body.setParents(Arrays.asList(new ParentReference().setId(parentId)));
      }
      try {
  
      File file=  service.files().insert(body, new AbstractInputStreamContent("") {
  
              @Override
              public boolean retrySupported() {
                  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                  return false;
              }
  
              @Override
              public long getLength() throws IOException {
                  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                  System.out.println("the value of the length of the file is "+filename.length);
                  return filename.length;
              }
  
              @Override
              public InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException {
                  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                  return new ByteArrayInputStream(filename);
              }
  
          }).execute();
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Exception:  it just says null, but I don't know what (that) null is.</p>