(Chilkat2-Python) Create Folder

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.

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import sys
import chilkat2

# 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.

gAuth = chilkat2.AuthGoogle()
gAuth.AccessToken = "GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN"

rest = chilkat2.Rest()

# Connect using TLS.
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 folder.
rest.PartSelector = "1"
rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json; charset=UTF-8")

json = chilkat2.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..

jsonResponse = rest.FullRequestMultipart("POST","/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart")
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess != True):
    print(rest.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

# A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if (rest.ResponseStatusCode != 200):
    print("response status code = " + str(rest.ResponseStatusCode))
    print("response status text = " + rest.ResponseStatusText)
    print("response header: " + rest.ResponseHeader)
    print("response JSON: " + jsonResponse)
    sys.exit()

# Show the JSON response.
json.Load(jsonResponse)

# Show the full JSON response.
json.EmitCompact = False
print(json.Emit())

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

# Get the fileId:
print("fileId: " + json.StringOf("id"))