(Perl) 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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use chilkat();

# Creating a folder is technically an upload of a 0-length file
# having a MIME type of "application/vnd.google-apps.folder"

$success = 1;

# 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::CkAuthGoogle->new();
$gAuth->put_AccessToken("GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN");

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

# Connect using TLS.
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,1,$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->put_PartSelector("1");
$rest->AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json; charset=UTF-8");

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$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->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
    print "response status code = " . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\r\n";
    print "response status text = " . $rest->responseStatusText() . "\r\n";
    print "response header: " . $rest->responseHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "response JSON: " . $jsonResponse . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Show the JSON response.
$json->Load($jsonResponse);

# Show the full JSON response.
$json->put_EmitCompact(0);
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

# 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") . "\r\n";