(Tcl) 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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load ./chilkat.dll

# Creating a folder is technically an upload of a 0-length file
# having a MIME type of "application/vnd.google-apps.folder"

set success 1

# 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.

set gAuth [new_CkAuthGoogle]

CkAuthGoogle_put_AccessToken $gAuth "GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN"

set rest [new_CkRest]

# Connect using TLS.
set bAutoReconnect 1
set success [CkRest_Connect $rest "www.googleapis.com" 443 1 $bAutoReconnect]

# Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
CkRest_SetAuthGoogle $rest $gAuth

# A multipart upload to Google Drive needs a multipart/related Content-Type
CkRest_AddHeader $rest "Content-Type" "multipart/related"

# Specify each part of the request.

# The 1st part is JSON with information about the folder.
CkRest_put_PartSelector $rest "1"
CkRest_AddHeader $rest "Content-Type" "application/json; charset=UTF-8"

set json [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_AppendString $json "name" "testFolder"
CkJsonObject_AppendString $json "description" "A folder to contain test files."
CkJsonObject_AppendString $json "mimeType" "application/vnd.google-apps.folder"
CkRest_SetMultipartBodyString $rest [CkJsonObject_emit $json]

# The 2nd part would be the file content.
# Since this is a folder, skip the 2nd part entirely and go straight to the upload..

set jsonResponse [CkRest_fullRequestMultipart $rest "POST" "/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart"]
if {[CkRest_get_LastMethodSuccess $rest] != 1} then {
    puts [CkRest_lastErrorText $rest]
    delete_CkAuthGoogle $gAuth
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    exit
}

# A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if {[CkRest_get_ResponseStatusCode $rest] != 200} then {
    puts "response status code = [CkRest_get_ResponseStatusCode $rest]"
    puts "response status text = [CkRest_responseStatusText $rest]"
    puts "response header: [CkRest_responseHeader $rest]"
    puts "response JSON: $jsonResponse"
    delete_CkAuthGoogle $gAuth
    delete_CkRest $rest
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    exit
}

# Show the JSON response.
CkJsonObject_Load $json $jsonResponse

# Show the full JSON response.
CkJsonObject_put_EmitCompact $json 0
puts [CkJsonObject_emit $json]

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

# Get the fileId:
puts "fileId: [CkJsonObject_stringOf $json id]"

delete_CkAuthGoogle $gAuth
delete_CkRest $rest
delete_CkJsonObject $json