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Sarija Janardh
Sarija Janardh

Reputation: 65

Create folders in a shared drive ( Google Drive API) with Javascript

I have a script that uploads a csv file to shared drive and it works fine, but when I try to create a folder it doesn't work. Not sure where I am going wrong Code that I am using to create a folder

    function createFolder() {
      var parents = '1XNBrOtnXJU1MhYv0nrAwTDXRZ'
      var fileMetadata = {
        'name': 'sample_folder',
        'mimeType': 'application/vnd.google-apps.folder',
        'parents' : [parents]
      };

  drive.files.create({
    resource: fileMetadata,
    fields: 'id'
  }, function (err, file) {
    if (err) {
      // Handle error
      console.error(err);
    } else {
      console.log('Folder Id: ', file.id);
    }
  });
         
}`

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Upvotes: 2

Views: 1580

Answers (2)

Nikko J.
Nikko J.

Reputation: 5533

You can still use the fetch API in your JavaScript. Just change the URL

From:

https://www.googleapis.com/upload/drive/v3/files?uploadType=multipart&supportsAllDrives=true

To:

https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files?supportsAllDrives=true

change the mimeType in your metadata

From:

"mimeType": "text/csv",

To:

"mimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.folder",

remove this line of code:

var form = new FormData();
form.append('metadata', new Blob([JSON.stringify(metadata)], { type: 'application/json' }));
form.append('file', file);

and use the metadata directly as your request body.

Your code should look like this:

var parents = "18-7shshazxhkashjfk-xO";
var metadata = {
  "name": filename,
  "mimeType": "application/vnd.google-apps.folder",
  "parents": [parents], // Google Drive folder id
};

var accessToken = gapi.auth.getToken().access_token;
fetch("https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files?supportsAllDrives=true", {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: new Headers({
    'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + accessToken,
    'Accept': 'application/json',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }),
  body: JSON.stringify(metadata),
}).then((res) => {
  return res.json();
}).then(function(val) {
  console.log(val);
});

Reference:

Upvotes: 3

Ashish Narnoli
Ashish Narnoli

Reputation: 77

You have to provide application/vnd.google-apps.folder MIME type and a title.

This link may help https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/folder#create_a_folder

Upvotes: 0

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