Unicode C

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.

Unicode C

#include <C_CkAuthGoogleW.h>
#include <C_CkRestW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkAuthGoogleW gAuth;
    HCkRestW rest;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkJsonObjectW json;
    const wchar_t *jsonResponse;

    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 = CkAuthGoogleW_Create();
    CkAuthGoogleW_putAccessToken(gAuth,L"GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN");

    rest = CkRestW_Create();

    // Connect using TLS.
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRestW_Connect(rest,L"www.googleapis.com",443,TRUE,bAutoReconnect);

    // Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
    CkRestW_SetAuthGoogle(rest,gAuth);

    // A multipart upload to Google Drive needs a multipart/related Content-Type
    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"Content-Type",L"multipart/related");

    // Specify each part of the request.

    // The 1st part is JSON with information about the folder.
    CkRestW_putPartSelector(rest,L"1");
    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"Content-Type",L"application/json; charset=UTF-8");

    json = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_AppendString(json,L"name",L"testFolder");
    CkJsonObjectW_AppendString(json,L"description",L"A folder to contain test files.");
    CkJsonObjectW_AppendString(json,L"mimeType",L"application/vnd.google-apps.folder");
    CkRestW_SetMultipartBodyString(rest,CkJsonObjectW_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..

    jsonResponse = CkRestW_fullRequestMultipart(rest,L"POST",L"/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart");
    if (CkRestW_getLastMethodSuccess(rest) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkAuthGoogleW_Dispose(gAuth);
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        return;
    }

    // A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    if (CkRestW_getResponseStatusCode(rest) != 200) {
        wprintf(L"response status code = %d\n",CkRestW_getResponseStatusCode(rest));
        wprintf(L"response status text = %s\n",CkRestW_responseStatusText(rest));
        wprintf(L"response header: %s\n",CkRestW_responseHeader(rest));
        wprintf(L"response JSON: %s\n",jsonResponse);
        CkAuthGoogleW_Dispose(gAuth);
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        return;
    }

    // Show the JSON response.
    CkJsonObjectW_Load(json,jsonResponse);

    // Show the full JSON response.
    CkJsonObjectW_putEmitCompact(json,FALSE);
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkJsonObjectW_emit(json));

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

    // Get the fileId:
    wprintf(L"fileId: %s\n",CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(json,L"id"));


    CkAuthGoogleW_Dispose(gAuth);
    CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);

    }