React Native Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

OneDrive -- Create a New Folder

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Demonstrates how to create a new folder. React Native

import { Http, HttpResponse, JsonObject } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // 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
  const json = new JsonObject();
  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');

  const http = new Http();
  http.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');
  let respStr: string;
  try {
    respStr = await http.quickGetStrAsync('https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$user_id}/drive/root:{$dir_path}');
  } catch {
    console.log(http.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  json.load(respStr);
  if (http.lastStatus !== 200) {
    console.log(`Failed to get parent folder item id, status code = ${http.lastStatus}`);
    return;
  }

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

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

  const jsonReqBody = new JsonObject();
  jsonReqBody.appendString('name', 'abc');

  const jObj = new JsonObject();
  jsonReqBody.appendObject2('folder', jObj);
  console.log('JSON body:');
  console.log(jsonReqBody.emit());

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

  const url = 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$user_id}/drive/items/{$parent_item_id}/children';
  const resp = new HttpResponse();
  try {
    await http.httpJsonAsync('POST', url, jsonReqBody, 'application/json', resp);
  } catch {
    console.log(http.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  json.load(resp.bodyStr);
  console.log('Response:');
  console.log(json.emit());

  // A 201 response indicates success.
  if (resp.statusCode !== 201) {
    console.log('Failed to create folder.');
    console.log(`Response status code = ${resp.statusCode}`);
  } else {
    console.log('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.
}