(Excel) 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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' 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.

Dim gAuth As Chilkat.AuthGoogle
Set gAuth = Chilkat.NewAuthGoogle
gAuth.AccessToken = "GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN"

Dim rest As Chilkat.Rest
Set rest = Chilkat.NewRest

' Connect using TLS.

bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,True,bAutoReconnect)

' Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
Dim success As Boolean
success = rest.SetAuthGoogle(gAuth)

' A multipart upload to Google Drive needs a multipart/related Content-Type
success = 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"
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json; charset=UTF-8")

Dim json As Chilkat.JsonObject
Set json = Chilkat.NewJsonObject
success = json.AppendString("name","testFolder")
success = json.AppendString("description","A folder to contain test files.")
success = json.AppendString("mimeType","application/vnd.google-apps.folder")
success = 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) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.Print "response status code = "; rest.ResponseStatusCode
    Debug.Print "response status text = "; rest.ResponseStatusText
    Debug.Print "response header: "; rest.ResponseHeader
    Debug.Print "response JSON: "; jsonResponse
    Exit Sub
End If

' Show the JSON response.
success = json.Load(jsonResponse)

' Show the full JSON response.
json.EmitCompact = False
Debug.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:
Debug.Print "fileId: "; json.StringOf("id")