(Tcl) OneDrive -- Create a New Folder

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Demonstrates how to create a new folder.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.97 or greater.

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load ./chilkat.dll

# 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
set json [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "client_id" "2871da2c-8176-4b7f-869b-2311aa82e743"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "client_secret" "2hu9Q~r5QuryUcEkNbg1btLtnfU1VUXzhSCG6brH"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "scope" "https://graph.microsoft.com/.default"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "token_endpoint" "https://login.microsoftonline.com/114d7ed6-71bf-4dbe-a866-748364121bf2/oauth2/v2.0/token"

set http [new_CkHttp]

CkHttp_put_AuthToken $http [CkJsonObject_emit $json]

# 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.
CkHttp_SetUrlVar $http "dir_path" "/TestDir"
CkHttp_SetUrlVar $http "user_id" "4fe732c3-322e-4a6b-b729-2fd1eb5c6104"
set respStr [CkHttp_quickGetStr $http "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$user_id}/drive/root:{$dir_path}"]
if {[CkHttp_get_LastMethodSuccess $http] != 1} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkHttp $http
    exit
}

CkJsonObject_Load $json $respStr
if {[CkHttp_get_LastStatus $http] != 200} then {
    puts "Failed to get parent folder item id, status code = [CkHttp_get_LastStatus $http]"
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkHttp $http
    exit
}

# The HTTP request body should contain JSON like this:

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

set jsonReqBody [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_AppendString $jsonReqBody "name" "abc"
# jObj is a CkJsonObject
set jObj [CkJsonObject_AppendObject $jsonReqBody "folder"]
delete_CkJsonObject $jObj

puts "JSON body:"
puts [CkJsonObject_emit $jsonReqBody]

# Set the URL var for the next request which will create the new folder.
CkHttp_SetUrlVar $http "parent_item_id" [CkJsonObject_stringOf $json "id"]

set url "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$user_id}/drive/items/{$parent_item_id}/children"
# resp is a CkHttpResponse
set resp [CkHttp_PostJson2 $http $url "application/json" [CkJsonObject_emit $jsonReqBody]]
if {[CkHttp_get_LastMethodSuccess $http] != 1} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonReqBody
    exit
}

CkJsonObject_Load $json [CkHttpResponse_bodyStr $resp]
puts "Response:"
puts [CkJsonObject_emit $json]

# A 201 response indicates success.
if {[CkHttpResponse_get_StatusCode $resp] != 201} then {
    puts "Failed to create folder."
    puts "Response status code = [CkHttpResponse_get_StatusCode $resp]"
} else {
    puts "Successfully created folder."
}

delete_CkHttpResponse $resp

# 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.

delete_CkJsonObject $json
delete_CkHttp $http
delete_CkJsonObject $jsonReqBody