Ruby

Create Folder

See more Google Drive Examples

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.

Ruby

require 'chilkat'

success = false

# 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 = Chilkat::CkAuthGoogle.new()
gAuth.put_AccessToken("GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN")

rest = Chilkat::CkRest.new()

# 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.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() != true)
    print rest.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200)
    print "response status code = " + rest.get_ResponseStatusCode().to_s() + "\n";
    print "response status text = " + rest.responseStatusText() + "\n";
    print "response header: " + rest.responseHeader() + "\n";
    print "response JSON: " + jsonResponse + "\n";
    exit
end

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

# Show the full JSON response.
json.put_EmitCompact(false)
print json.emit() + "\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") + "\n";