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OneDrive -- Create a New Folder

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Demonstrates how to create a new folder.

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.HttpResponse;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JsonObject;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // 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
        JsonObject json = new JsonObject();
        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");

        Http http = new Http();
        http.setAuthToken(json.emit());

        // To create a new folder, send a POST request like this:
        // POST /users/{user-id}/drive/items/{parent-item-id}/children

        // We first need to get the item-id for the folder where the new folder will be created.
        // This example will create a new folder named "abc" within /TestDir,
        // so we need the item-id for /TestDir.
        http.setUrlVar("dir_path", "/TestDir");
        http.setUrlVar("user_id", "4fe732c3-322e-4a6b-b729-2fd1eb5c6104");
        String respStr;
        try {
            respStr = http.quickGetStr("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$user_id}/drive/root:{$dir_path}");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        json.load(respStr);
        if (http.getLastStatus() != 200) {
            System.out.println("Failed to get parent folder item id, status code = " + http.getLastStatus());
            return;
        }

        // The HTTP request body should contain JSON like this:

        //     {
        //       "name": "abc",
        //       "folder": { }
        //     }

        JsonObject jsonReqBody = new JsonObject();
        jsonReqBody.appendString("name", "abc");

        JsonObject jObj = new JsonObject();
        jsonReqBody.appendObject2("folder", jObj);
        System.out.println("JSON body:");
        System.out.println(jsonReqBody.emit());

        // Set the URL var for the next request which will create the new folder.
        http.setUrlVar("parent_item_id", json.stringOf("id"));

        String url = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$user_id}/drive/items/{$parent_item_id}/children";
        HttpResponse resp = new HttpResponse();
        try {
            http.httpJson("POST", url, jsonReqBody, "application/json", resp);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        json.load(resp.getBodyStr());
        System.out.println("Response:");
        System.out.println(json.emit());

        // A 201 response indicates success.
        if (resp.getStatusCode() != 201) {
            System.out.println("Failed to create folder.");
            System.out.println("Response status code = " + resp.getStatusCode());
        } else {
            System.out.println("Successfully created folder.");
        }

        // A successful response:

        //     {
        //       "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('me')/drive/items('3A33FCEB9B74CC15%214862')/children/$entity",
        //       "createdBy": {
        //         "application": {
        //           "displayName": "Chilkat",
        //           "id": "441c9990"
        //         },
        //         "user": {
        //           "displayName": "Matt Smith",
        //           "id": "3a33fceb9b74cc15"
        //         }
        //       },
        //       "createdDateTime": "2017-06-04T16:02:22.203Z",
        //       "cTag": "adDozQTMzRkNFQjlCNzRDQzE1ITQ4NzAuNjM2MzIxODg5NDIyMDMwMDAw",
        //       "eTag": "aM0EzM0ZDRUI5Qjc0Q0MxNSE0ODcwLjA",
        //       "id": "3A33FCEB9B74CC15!4870",
        //       "lastModifiedBy": {
        //         "application": {
        //           "displayName": "Chilkat",
        //           "id": "441c9990"
        //         },
        //         "user": {
        //           "displayName": "Matt Smith",
        //           "id": "3a33fceb9b74cc15"
        //         }
        //       },
        //       "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-06-04T16:02:22.203Z",
        //       "name": "abc",
        //       "parentReference": {
        //         "driveId": "3a33fceb9b74cc15",
        //         "id": "3A33FCEB9B74CC15!4862",
        //         "name": "someFolder",
        //         "path": "/drive/root:/someFolder"
        //       },
        //       "size": 0,
        //       "webUrl": "https://1drv.ms/f/s!ABXMdJvr_DM6pgY",
        //       "fileSystemInfo": {
        //         "createdDateTime": "2017-06-04T16:02:22.203Z",
        //         "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-06-04T16:02:22.203Z"
        //       },
        //       "folder": {
        //         "childCount": 0
        //       }
        //     }
        //
        //     Successfully created folder.
    }
}