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OneDrive -- Create a New Folder

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Demonstrates how to create a new folder.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

#  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() == 0) {
    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 = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jsonReqBody->AppendObject2("folder",$jObj);
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 = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpJson("POST",$url,$jsonReqBody,"application/json",$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    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.