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OneDrive -- Create a New Folder

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Demonstrates how to create a new folder.

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Java
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

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

    //  This example uses the OAuth client credentials flow.
    //  See How to Create an Azure App Registration for OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials

    //  Use your client ID, client secret, and tenant ID in the following lines
    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("client_id","2871da2c-8176-4b7f-869b-2311aa82e743");
    json.UpdateString("client_secret","2hu9Q~r5QuryUcEkNbg1btLtnfU1VUXzhSCG6brH");
    json.UpdateString("scope","https://graph.microsoft.com/.default");
    json.UpdateString("token_endpoint","https://login.microsoftonline.com/114d7ed6-71bf-4dbe-a866-748364121bf2/oauth2/v2.0/token");

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    http.put_AuthToken(json.emit());

    //  To create a new folder, send a POST request like this:
    //  POST /users/{user-id}/drive/items/{parent-item-id}/children

    //  We first need to get the item-id for the folder where the new folder will be created.
    //  This example will create a new folder named "abc" within /TestDir,
    //  so we need the item-id for /TestDir.
    http.SetUrlVar("dir_path","/TestDir");
    http.SetUrlVar("user_id","4fe732c3-322e-4a6b-b729-2fd1eb5c6104");
    String respStr = http.quickGetStr("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$user_id}/drive/root:{$dir_path}");
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        System.out.println(http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    json.Load(respStr);
    if (http.get_LastStatus() != 200) {
        System.out.println("Failed to get parent folder item id, status code = " + http.get_LastStatus());
        return;
        }

    //  The HTTP request body should contain JSON like this:

    //  	{
    //  	  "name": "abc",
    //  	  "folder": { }
    //  	}

    CkJsonObject jsonReqBody = new CkJsonObject();
    jsonReqBody.AppendString("name","abc");

    CkJsonObject jObj = new CkJsonObject();
    jsonReqBody.AppendObject2("folder",jObj);
    System.out.println("JSON body:");
    System.out.println(jsonReqBody.emit());

    //  Set the URL var for the next request which will create the new folder.
    http.SetUrlVar("parent_item_id",json.stringOf("id"));

    String url = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$user_id}/drive/items/{$parent_item_id}/children";
    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpJson("POST",url,jsonReqBody,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    json.Load(resp.bodyStr());
    System.out.println("Response:");
    System.out.println(json.emit());

    //  A 201 response indicates success.
    if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 201) {
        System.out.println("Failed to create folder.");
        System.out.println("Response status code = " + resp.get_StatusCode());
        }
    else {
        System.out.println("Successfully created folder.");
        }

    //  A successful response:

    //  	{
    //  	  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('me')/drive/items('3A33FCEB9B74CC15%214862')/children/$entity",
    //  	  "createdBy": {
    //  	    "application": {
    //  	      "displayName": "Chilkat",
    //  	      "id": "441c9990"
    //  	    },
    //  	    "user": {
    //  	      "displayName": "Matt Smith",
    //  	      "id": "3a33fceb9b74cc15"
    //  	    }
    //  	  },
    //  	  "createdDateTime": "2017-06-04T16:02:22.203Z",
    //  	  "cTag": "adDozQTMzRkNFQjlCNzRDQzE1ITQ4NzAuNjM2MzIxODg5NDIyMDMwMDAw",
    //  	  "eTag": "aM0EzM0ZDRUI5Qjc0Q0MxNSE0ODcwLjA",
    //  	  "id": "3A33FCEB9B74CC15!4870",
    //  	  "lastModifiedBy": {
    //  	    "application": {
    //  	      "displayName": "Chilkat",
    //  	      "id": "441c9990"
    //  	    },
    //  	    "user": {
    //  	      "displayName": "Matt Smith",
    //  	      "id": "3a33fceb9b74cc15"
    //  	    }
    //  	  },
    //  	  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-06-04T16:02:22.203Z",
    //  	  "name": "abc",
    //  	  "parentReference": {
    //  	    "driveId": "3a33fceb9b74cc15",
    //  	    "id": "3A33FCEB9B74CC15!4862",
    //  	    "name": "someFolder",
    //  	    "path": "/drive/root:/someFolder"
    //  	  },
    //  	  "size": 0,
    //  	  "webUrl": "https://1drv.ms/f/s!ABXMdJvr_DM6pgY",
    //  	  "fileSystemInfo": {
    //  	    "createdDateTime": "2017-06-04T16:02:22.203Z",
    //  	    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-06-04T16:02:22.203Z"
    //  	  },
    //  	  "folder": {
    //  	    "childCount": 0
    //  	  }
    //  	}
    //  
    //  	Successfully created folder.
  }
}