(DataFlex) SharePoint -- Create Folder

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This example shows how to create a new SharePoint folder.

For more information, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/sp-add-ins/working-with-folders-and-files-with-rest

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Handle hoHttp
    Variant vReq
    Handle hoReq
    Handle hoJson
    Boolean iSuccess
    Boolean iBUseTls
    Variant vResp
    Handle hoResp
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1
    Integer iTemp2
    Boolean bTemp1

    // This requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttp)) To hoHttp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoHttp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoHttp
    End

    // If SharePoint Windows classic authentication is used, then set the 
    // Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth properties.
    Set ComLogin Of hoHttp To "SHAREPOINT_USERNAME"
    Set ComPassword Of hoHttp To "SHAREPOINT_PASSWORD"
    Set ComLoginDomain Of hoHttp To "SHAREPOINT_NTLM_DOMAIN"
    Set ComNtlmAuth Of hoHttp To True

    // The more common case is to use SharePoint Online authentication (via the SPOIDCRL cookie).
    // If so, do not set Login, Password, LoginDomain, and NtlmAuth, and instead
    // establish the cookie as shown at SharePoint Online Authentication

    // To create a folder, we're going to POST to
    // https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/web/folders
    // with a request body containing the following JSON:
    // 
    //     { "__metadata": { "type": "SP.Folder" }, "ServerRelativeUrl": "/document_library_relative_url/newFolderName"}

    // This example will create a folder named ChilkatTest in /Documents

    // Note: if your Sharepoint site is within a site collection, you must add the site name "/sites/teamA" to both the Path and the ServerRelativeUrl

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpRequest)) To hoReq
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoReq))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoReq
    End
    Set ComHttpVerb Of hoReq To "POST"
    // If your Sharepoint site is within a site collection, then use "/sites/teamA/_api/web/folders" where "teamA" is the name of the site.
    Set ComPath Of hoReq To "/_api/web/folders"

    // We need to add a form digest value in the X-RequestDigest header field.
    // See this example for details on
    // how to get (and cache) a form digest value
    Send ComAddHeader To hoReq "X-RequestDigest" "SHAREPOINT_FORM_DIGEST"

    // Set the Content-Type, and indicate that a JSON response is desired.
    Set ComContentType Of hoReq To "application/json;odata=verbose"
    Send ComAddHeader To hoReq "Accept" "application/json;odata=verbose"

    // Create and add the JSON body.
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJson
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJson))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJson
    End
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "__metadata.type" "SP.Folder" To iSuccess
    // If your Sharepoint site is within a site collection, then use "/sites/teamA/Documents/ChilkatTest" where "teamA" is the name of the site.
    Get ComUpdateString Of hoJson "ServerRelativeUrl" "/Documents/ChilkatTest" To iSuccess
    Get ComEmit Of hoJson To sTemp1
    Get ComLoadBodyFromString Of hoReq sTemp1 "utf-8" To iSuccess

    // Send the POST using HTTPS (TLS). Port 443 is the default port for https.
    Move True To iBUseTls
    Get pvComObject of hoReq to vReq
    Get ComSynchronousRequest Of hoHttp "SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN" 443 iBUseTls vReq To vResp
    If (IsComObject(vResp)) Begin
        Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpResponse)) To hoResp
        Set pvComObject Of hoResp To vResp
    End
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoHttp To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // The response body contains JSON.
    Get ComBodyStr Of hoResp To sTemp1
    Get ComLoad Of hoJson sTemp1 To iSuccess
    Set ComEmitCompact Of hoJson To False

    // The expected success response code is 201.
    // (Let's also check for 200, just in case things change..)
    Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iTemp1
    Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iTemp2
    If ((iTemp1 <> 200) And (iTemp2 <> 201)) Begin
        Get ComStatusCode Of hoResp To iTemp1
        Showln "Response status code = " iTemp1
        Get ComEmit Of hoJson To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Showln "Failed"
        Send Destroy of hoResp
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Send Destroy of hoResp

    // Show the successful JSON response.
    Get ComEmit Of hoJson To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1
    Showln "Success."

    // A successful JSON response looks like this:

    // { 
    //   "d": { 
    //     "__metadata": { 
    //       "id": "Web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/ChilkatTest')",
    //       "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/ChilkatTest')",
    //       "type": "SP.Folder"
    //     },
    //     "Files": { 
    //       "__deferred": { 
    //         "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/ChilkatTest')/Files"
    //       }
    //     },
    //     "ListItemAllFields": { 
    //       "__deferred": { 
    //         "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/ChilkatTest')/ListItemAllFields"
    //       }
    //     },
    //     "ParentFolder": { 
    //       "__deferred": { 
    //         "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/ChilkatTest')/ParentFolder"
    //       }
    //     },
    //     "Properties": { 
    //       "__deferred": { 
    //         "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/ChilkatTest')/Properties"
    //       }
    //     },
    //     "Folders": { 
    //       "__deferred": { 
    //         "uri": "https://SHAREPOINT_HTTPS_DOMAIN/_api/Web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('/Documents/ChilkatTest')/Folders"
    //       }
    //     },
    //     "ItemCount": 0,
    //     "Name": "ChilkatTest",
    //     "ServerRelativeUrl": "/Documents/ChilkatTest",
    //     "WelcomePage": ""
    //   }
    // }


End_Procedure