Java

Create Folder

See more Google Drive Examples

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.

Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.AuthGoogle;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JsonObject;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Rest;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        boolean success = false;

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

        success = 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.

        AuthGoogle gAuth = new AuthGoogle();
        gAuth.setAccessToken("GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN");

        Rest rest = new Rest();

        // Connect using TLS.
        boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
        rest.connect("www.googleapis.com", 443, true, bAutoReconnect);

        // Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
        rest.setAuthGoogle(gAuth);

        // A multipart upload to Google Drive needs a multipart/related Content-Type
        rest.addHeader("Content-Type", "multipart/related");

        // Specify each part of the request.

        // The 1st part is JSON with information about the folder.
        rest.setPartSelector("1");
        rest.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=UTF-8");

        JsonObject json = new JsonObject();
        json.appendString("name", "testFolder");
        json.appendString("description", "A folder to contain test files.");
        json.appendString("mimeType", "application/vnd.google-apps.folder");
        rest.setMultipartBodyString(json.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..

        String jsonResponse;
        try {
            jsonResponse = rest.fullRequestMultipart("POST", "/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
        if (rest.getResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
            System.out.println("response status code = " + rest.getResponseStatusCode());
            System.out.println("response status text = " + rest.getResponseStatusText());
            System.out.println("response header: " + rest.getResponseHeader());
            System.out.println("response JSON: " + jsonResponse);
            return;
        }

        // Show the JSON response.
        json.load(jsonResponse);

        // Show the full JSON response.
        json.setEmitCompact(false);
        System.out.println(json.emit());

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

        // Get the fileId:
        System.out.println("fileId: " + json.stringOf("id"));
    }
}