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OneDrive -- List Large Directory

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Demonstrates how to get the entire collection of DriveItem children when the collection is large and multiple pages need to be requested. To test this example, I created a DriveItem with 450 children.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.97 or greater.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

'  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
'  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

'  This example uses the OAuth client credentials flow.
'  See How to Create an Azure App Registration for OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials

'  Use your client ID, client secret, and tenant ID in the following lines
Dim json As ChilkatJsonObject
json.Initialize
json.UpdateString("client_id", "2871da2c-8176-4b7f-869b-2311aa82e743")
json.UpdateString("client_secret", "2hu9Q~r5QuryUcEkNbg1btLtnfU1VUXzhSCG6brH")
json.UpdateString("scope", "https://graph.microsoft.com/.default")
json.UpdateString("token_endpoint", "https://login.microsoftonline.com/114d7ed6-71bf-4dbe-a866-748364121bf2/oauth2/v2.0/token")

Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("http")
http.AuthToken = json.Emit

'  This example will get the DriveItems in /lots-of-files, which has 450 children..
http.SetUrlVar("item_path", "/lots-of-files")
http.SetUrlVar("user_id", "4fe732c3-322e-4a6b-b729-2fd1eb5c6104")

Dim resp As String
Dim i As Int
Dim numItems As Int

json.EmitCompact = False

'  This loop will download DriveItems in sets of 25 until no more exist.
Dim bGetMore As Boolean = True
'  (Add the $top query parameter to define the page size, i.e. the max number of results to return).
Dim nextLink As String = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$user_id}/drive/root:{$item_path}:/children?$top=25"

Do While (bGetMore = True)

    '  Get the next chunk of DriveItems
    resp = http.QuickGetStr(nextLink)
    If http.LastMethodSuccess <> True Then
        Log(http.LastErrorText)
        Return
    End If


    '  The response should be JSON.
    json.Load(resp)

    '  A successful response should return a status code of 200.
    If http.LastStatus <> 200 Then
        Log(json.Emit)
        Log("Response status = " & http.LastStatus)
        Return
    End If


    '  Iterate over the DriveItems in the JSON response:
    i = 0
    numItems = json.SizeOfArray("value")
    Do While i < numItems
        json.I = i
        Log("name: " & json.StringOf("value[i].name"))
        i = i + 1
    Loop

    '  If a nextLink was included in the JSON, use it to get the next set of 50 DriveItems.
    '  Otherwise, exit the loop.
    If json.HasMember(Chr(34) & "@odata.nextLink" & Chr(34)) = True Then
        nextLink = json.StringOf(Chr(34) & "@odata.nextLink" & Chr(34))
        Log("nextLink: " & nextLink)
    Else
        bGetMore = False
    End If

Loop