Lua Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

OneDrive -- Create a New Folder

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Demonstrates how to create a new folder. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- 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
local json = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
json:update_string("client_id", "2871da2c-8176-4b7f-869b-2311aa82e743")
json:update_string("client_secret", "2hu9Q~r5QuryUcEkNbg1btLtnfU1VUXzhSCG6brH")
json:update_string("scope", "https://graph.microsoft.com/.default")
json:update_string("token_endpoint", "https://login.microsoftonline.com/114d7ed6-71bf-4dbe-a866-748364121bf2/oauth2/v2.0/token")

local http = chilkat.Http.new()
http.auth_token = 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:set_url_var("dir_path", "/TestDir")
http:set_url_var("user_id", "4fe732c3-322e-4a6b-b729-2fd1eb5c6104")
local respStr = http:quick_get_str("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$user_id}/drive/root:{$dir_path}")
if not http.last_method_success then
    print(http.last_error_text)
    return
end

json:load(respStr)
if http.last_status ~= 200 then
    print("Failed to get parent folder item id, status code = " .. http.last_status)
    return
end

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

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

local jsonReqBody = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
jsonReqBody:append_string("name", "abc")

local jObj = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
jsonReqBody:append_object2("folder", jObj)
print("JSON body:")
print(jsonReqBody:emit())

-- Set the URL var for the next request which will create the new folder.
http:set_url_var("parent_item_id", json:string_of("id"))

local url = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$user_id}/drive/items/{$parent_item_id}/children"
local resp = chilkat.HttpResponse.new()
local success = http:http_json("POST", url, jsonReqBody, "application/json", resp)
if not success then
    print(http.last_error_text)
    return
end

json:load(resp.body_str)
print("Response:")
print(json:emit())

-- A 201 response indicates success.
if resp.status_code ~= 201 then
    print("Failed to create folder.")
    print("Response status code = " .. resp.status_code)
else
    print("Successfully created folder.")
end

-- 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.