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

Dim success As Boolean
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.

Dim gAuth As New Chilkat.AuthGoogle
gAuth.AccessToken = "GOOGLE-DRIVE-ACCESS-TOKEN"

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest

// Connect using TLS.
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,True,bAutoReconnect)

// Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
success = rest.SetAuthGoogle(gAuth)

// A multipart upload to Google Drive needs a multipart/related Content-Type
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","multipart/related")

// Specify each part of the request.

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

Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = json.AppendString("name","testFolder")
success = json.AppendString("description","A folder to contain test files.")
success = json.AppendString("mimeType","application/vnd.google-apps.folder")
success = 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..

Dim jsonResponse As String
jsonResponse = rest.FullRequestMultipart("POST","/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart")
If (rest.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    System.DebugLog("response status code = " + Str(rest.ResponseStatusCode))
    System.DebugLog("response status text = " + rest.ResponseStatusText)
    System.DebugLog("response header: " + rest.ResponseHeader)
    System.DebugLog("response JSON: " + jsonResponse)
    Return
End If

// Show the JSON response.
success = json.Load(jsonResponse)

// Show the full JSON response.
json.EmitCompact = False
System.DebugLog(json.Emit())

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

// Get the fileId:
System.DebugLog("fileId: " + json.StringOf("id"))