(JavaScript) Create a File in a Folder

Creates (uploads) a file to be located in a particular folder.

See Google Drive Files: create for more details.

Also See Google Drive Multipart Upload for more details.

Note

This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

var success = false;

success = true;

// This example 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.

var gAuth = new CkAuthGoogle();
gAuth.AccessToken = "GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN";

var rest = new CkRest();

// Connect using TLS.
var bAutoReconnect = true;
success = 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 file.
rest.PartSelector = "1";
rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json; charset=UTF-8");

var json = new CkJsonObject();
json.AppendString("name","testHello.txt");
json.AppendString("description","A simple file that says Hello World.");
json.AppendString("mimeType","text/plain");

// To place the file in a folder, we must add a parents[] array to the JSON
// and list the folder id's.  It's possible for a file to be in multiple folders at once
// if it has more than one parent.  If no parents are specified, then the file is created
// in the My Drive folder.  
// Note: We'll assume we already have the id if the folder.  It is the id's that are specified here,
// not the folder names.

var parents = new CkJsonArray();
json.AppendArray2("parents",parents);

var folderId = "0B53Q6OSTWYolY2tPU1BnYW02T2c";
parents.AddStringAt(-1,folderId);

rest.SetMultipartBodyString(json.Emit());

// The 2nd part is the file content, which will contain "Hello World!"
rest.PartSelector = "2";
rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","text/plain");

var fileContents = "Hello World!";
rest.SetMultipartBodyString(fileContents);

var jsonResponse = rest.FullRequestMultipart("POST","/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart");
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if (rest.ResponseStatusCode !== 200) {
    console.log("response status code = " + rest.ResponseStatusCode);
    console.log("response status text = " + rest.ResponseStatusText);
    console.log("response header: " + rest.ResponseHeader);
    console.log("response JSON: " + jsonResponse);
    return;
}

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

// Show the full JSON response.
json.EmitCompact = false;
console.log(json.Emit());

// A successful response looks like this:
// {
//   "kind": "drive#file",
//   "id": "0B53Q6OSTWYoldmJ0Z3ZqT2x5MFk",
//   "name": "Untitled",
//   "mimeType": "text/plain"
// }

// Get the fileId:
console.log("fileId: " + json.StringOf("id"));