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Create Folder

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In the Drive API, a folder is essentially a file — one identified by the special folder MIME type application/vnd.google-apps.folder

See Google Drive Files: create for more details.

Also See Working with Folders for more details.

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Local $bSuccess = False

;  Creating a folder is technically an upload of a 0-length file
;  having a MIME type of "application/vnd.google-apps.folder"

$bSuccess = True

;  It requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
;  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

;  This example uses a previously obtained access token having permission for the 
;  Google Drive scope.

$oGAuth = ObjCreate("Chilkat.AuthGoogle")
$oGAuth.AccessToken = "GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN"

$oRest = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Rest")

;  Connect using TLS.
Local $bAutoReconnect = True
$bSuccess = $oRest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,True,$bAutoReconnect)

;  Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
$oRest.SetAuthGoogle($oGAuth)

;  A multipart upload to Google Drive needs a multipart/related Content-Type
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","multipart/related")

;  Specify each part of the request.

;  The 1st part is JSON with information about the folder.
$oRest.PartSelector = "1"
$oRest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json; charset=UTF-8")

$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.AppendString("name","testFolder")
$oJson.AppendString("description","A folder to contain test files.")
$oJson.AppendString("mimeType","application/vnd.google-apps.folder")
$oRest.SetMultipartBodyString($oJson.Emit())

;  The 2nd part would be the file content.
;  Since this is a folder, skip the 2nd part entirely and go straight to the upload..

Local $sJsonResponse = $oRest.FullRequestMultipart("POST","/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart")
If ($oRest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

;  A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
If ($oRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    ConsoleWrite("response status code = " & $oRest.ResponseStatusCode & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("response status text = " & $oRest.ResponseStatusText & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("response header: " & $oRest.ResponseHeader & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("response JSON: " & $sJsonResponse & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

;  Show the JSON response.
$oJson.Load($sJsonResponse)

;  Show the full JSON response.
$oJson.EmitCompact = False
ConsoleWrite($oJson.Emit() & @CRLF)

;  A successful response looks like this:
;  {
;    "kind": "drive#file",
;    "id": "0B53Q6OSTWYolY2tPU1BnYW02T2c",
;    "name": "testFolder",
;    "mimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.folder"
;  }

;  Get the fileId:
ConsoleWrite("fileId: " & $oJson.StringOf("id") & @CRLF)