(PowerShell) 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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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# 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 = New-Object Chilkat.AuthGoogle
$gAuth.AccessToken = "GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN"

$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest

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

$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$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 -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if ($rest.ResponseStatusCode -ne 200) {
    $("response status code = " + $rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    $("response status text = " + $rest.ResponseStatusText)
    $("response header: " + $rest.ResponseHeader)
    $("response JSON: " + $jsonResponse)
    exit
}

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

# Show the full JSON response.
$json.EmitCompact = $false
$($json.Emit())

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

# Get the fileId:
$("fileId: " + $json.StringOf("id"))