Xbase++

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.

Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oGAuth
LOCAL oRest
LOCAL nBAutoReconnect
LOCAL oJson
LOCAL cJsonResponse

nSuccess := 0

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

nSuccess := 1

//  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.

oGAuth := CreateObject("Chilkat.AuthGoogle")
oGAuth:AccessToken := "GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN"

oRest := CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

//  Connect using TLS.
nBAutoReconnect := 1
nSuccess := oRest:Connect("www.googleapis.com", 443, 1, nBAutoReconnect)

//  Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
oRest:SetAuthGoogle(oGAuth)

//  A multipart upload to Google Drive needs a multipart/related Content-Type
oRest:AddHeader("Content-Type", "multipart/related")

//  Specify each part of the request.

//  The 1st part is JSON with information about the folder.
oRest:PartSelector := "1"
oRest:AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=UTF-8")

oJson := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJson:AppendString("name", "testFolder")
oJson:AppendString("description", "A folder to contain test files.")
oJson:AppendString("mimeType", "application/vnd.google-apps.folder")
oRest:SetMultipartBodyString(oJson: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..

cJsonResponse := oRest:FullRequestMultipart("POST", "/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart")
IF (oRest:LastMethodSuccess != 1)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oGAuth:destroy()
    oRest:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
IF (oRest:ResponseStatusCode != 200)
    ? "response status code = " + Str(oRest:ResponseStatusCode)
    ? "response status text = " + oRest:ResponseStatusText
    ? "response header: " + oRest:ResponseHeader
    ? "response JSON: " + cJsonResponse
    oGAuth:destroy()
    oRest:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Show the JSON response.
oJson:Load(cJsonResponse)

//  Show the full JSON response.
oJson:EmitCompact := 0
? oJson:Emit()

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

//  Get the fileId:
? "fileId: " + oJson:StringOf("id")

oGAuth:destroy()
oRest:destroy()
oJson:destroy()