(Perl) OneDrive -- Create a New Folder

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Demonstrates how to create a new folder.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.97 or greater.

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use chilkat();

# 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
$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$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");

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();
$http->put_AuthToken($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");
$respStr = $http->quickGetStr("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$user_id}/drive/root:{$dir_path}");
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json->Load($respStr);
if ($http->get_LastStatus() != 200) {
    print "Failed to get parent folder item id, status code = " . $http->get_LastStatus() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# The HTTP request body should contain JSON like this:

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

$jsonReqBody = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jsonReqBody->AppendString("name","abc");
# jObj is a JsonObject
$jObj = $jsonReqBody->AppendObject("folder");

print "JSON body:" . "\r\n";
print $jsonReqBody->emit() . "\r\n";

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

$url = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$user_id}/drive/items/{$parent_item_id}/children";
# resp is a HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PostJson2($url,"application/json",$jsonReqBody->emit());
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json->Load($resp->bodyStr());
print "Response:" . "\r\n";
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

# A 201 response indicates success.
if ($resp->get_StatusCode() != 201) {
    print "Failed to create folder." . "\r\n";
    print "Response status code = " . $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\r\n";
}
else {
    print "Successfully created folder." . "\r\n";
}

# 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.