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OneDrive -- Create a New Folder

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Demonstrates how to create a new folder.

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    // 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
    const json = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json.deinit();
    json.updateString("client_id", "2871da2c-8176-4b7f-869b-2311aa82e743") catch {};
    json.updateString("client_secret", "2hu9Q~r5QuryUcEkNbg1btLtnfU1VUXzhSCG6brH") catch {};
    json.updateString("scope", "https://graph.microsoft.com/.default") catch {};
    json.updateString("token_endpoint", "https://login.microsoftonline.com/114d7ed6-71bf-4dbe-a866-748364121bf2/oauth2/v2.0/token") catch {};

    const http = try chilkat.Http.init();
    defer http.deinit();
    http.setAuthToken(try json.emit(alloc));

    // 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.
    http.setUrlVar("dir_path", "/TestDir") catch {};
    http.setUrlVar("user_id", "4fe732c3-322e-4a6b-b729-2fd1eb5c6104") catch {};
    const resp_str = http.quickGetStr(alloc, "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$user_id}/drive/root:{$dir_path}") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try http.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    json.load(resp_str) catch {};
    if (http.getLastStatus() != 200) {
        std.debug.print("Failed to get parent folder item id, status code = {d}\n", .{http.getLastStatus()});
        return;
    }

    // The HTTP request body should contain JSON like this:

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

    const json_req_body = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json_req_body.deinit();
    json_req_body.appendString("name", "abc") catch {};

    const j_obj = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer j_obj.deinit();
    json_req_body.appendObject2("folder", j_obj) catch {};
    std.debug.print("JSON body:\n", .{});
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try json_req_body.emit(alloc)});

    // Set the URL var for the next request which will create the new folder.
    http.setUrlVar("parent_item_id", try json.stringOf(alloc, "id")) catch {};

    const url = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{$user_id}/drive/items/{$parent_item_id}/children";
    const resp = try chilkat.HttpResponse.init();
    defer resp.deinit();
    http.httpJson("POST", url, json_req_body, "application/json", resp) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try http.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    json.load(try resp.getBodyStr(alloc)) catch {};
    std.debug.print("Response:\n", .{});
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try json.emit(alloc)});

    // A 201 response indicates success.
    if (resp.getStatusCode() != 201) {
        std.debug.print("Failed to create folder.\n", .{});
        std.debug.print("Response status code = {d}\n", .{resp.getStatusCode()});
    } else {
        std.debug.print("Successfully created folder.\n", .{});
    }

    // 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.
}