(Go) 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.

    gAuth := chilkat.NewAuthGoogle()
    gAuth.SetAccessToken("GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN")

    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)
    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.SetPartSelector("1")
    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json; charset=UTF-8")

    json := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    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 {
        fmt.Println(rest.LastErrorText())
        gAuth.DisposeAuthGoogle()
        rest.DisposeRest()
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    // A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    if rest.ResponseStatusCode() != 200 {
        fmt.Println("response status code = ", rest.ResponseStatusCode())
        fmt.Println("response status text = ", rest.ResponseStatusText())
        fmt.Println("response header: ", rest.ResponseHeader())
        fmt.Println("response JSON: ", *jsonResponse)
        gAuth.DisposeAuthGoogle()
        rest.DisposeRest()
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    // Show the JSON response.
    json.Load(*jsonResponse)

    // Show the full JSON response.
    json.SetEmitCompact(false)
    fmt.Println(*json.Emit())

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

    // Get the fileId:
    fmt.Println("fileId: ", *json.StringOf("id"))

    gAuth.DisposeAuthGoogle()
    rest.DisposeRest()
    json.DisposeJsonObject()