Classic ASP Dropbox: Dropbox Create Folder

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Create a folder. Creates the folder /Halloween/emojis

Documentation: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/documentation/http/documentation#files-create_folder

CURL Command

curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/create_folder_v2 \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer DROPBOX-ACCESS-TOKEN" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data "{\"path\": \"/Halloween/emojis\",\"autorename\": false}"
See: Online Tool to Generate Chilkat Code from a CURL Command

Classic ASP Example

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
set rest = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest")

'  URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/create_folder_v2
bTls = 1
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("api.dropboxapi.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "ConnectFailReason: " & rest.ConnectFailReason) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"

End If

'  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Creation Code
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("path","/Halloween/emojis")
success = json.UpdateBool("autorename",0)

success = rest.AddHeader("Authorization","Bearer DROPBOX-ACCESS-TOKEN")
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")

set sbRequestBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
set sbResponseBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/2/files/create_folder_v2",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"

End If

respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Header:") & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.ResponseHeader) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Body:") & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sbResponseBody.GetAsString()) & "</pre>"

End If

set jsonResponse = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
success = jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)

'  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Parse Code

metadataName = jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.name")
metadataId = jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.id")
metadataPath_lower = jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.path_lower")
metadataPath_display = jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.path_display")
metadataSharing_infoRead_only = jsonResponse.BoolOf("metadata.sharing_info.read_only")
metadataSharing_infoParent_shared_folder_id = jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.sharing_info.parent_shared_folder_id")
metadataSharing_infoTraverse_only = jsonResponse.BoolOf("metadata.sharing_info.traverse_only")
metadataSharing_infoNo_access = jsonResponse.BoolOf("metadata.sharing_info.no_access")
i = 0
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("metadata.property_groups")
Do While i < count_i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    template_id = jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.property_groups[i].template_id")
    j = 0
    count_j = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("metadata.property_groups[i].fields")
    Do While j < count_j
        jsonResponse.J = j
        name = jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.property_groups[i].fields[j].name")
        value = jsonResponse.StringOf("metadata.property_groups[i].fields[j].value")
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    i = i + 1
Loop

%>
</body>
</html>

Sample JSON Response Body

See: Online Tool to Generate JSON Parse Code from JSON Sample
{
  "metadata": {
    "name": "emojis",
    "id": "id:a4ayc_80_OEAAAAAAAAAXz",
    "path_lower": "/halloween/emojis",
    "path_display": "/Halloween/emojis",
    "sharing_info": {
      "read_only": false,
      "parent_shared_folder_id": "84528192421",
      "traverse_only": false,
      "no_access": false
    },
    "property_groups": [
      {
        "template_id": "ptid:1a5n2i6d3OYEAAAAAAAAAYa",
        "fields": [
          {
            "name": "Security Policy",
            "value": "Confidential"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}