C# UWP/WinRT 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}"

C# UWP/WinRT Example

Chilkat.Rest rest = new Chilkat.Rest();
bool success;

//  URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/create_folder_v2
bool bTls = true;
int port = 443;
bool bAutoReconnect = true;
success = await rest.ConnectAsync("api.dropboxapi.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("ConnectFailReason: " + Convert.ToString(rest.ConnectFailReason));
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Creation Code
Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("path","/Halloween/emojis");
json.UpdateBool("autorename",false);

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

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbRequestBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);
Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
success = await rest.FullRequestSbAsync("POST","/2/files/create_folder_v2",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

int respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode;
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.ResponseHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
    Debug.WriteLine(sbResponseBody.GetAsString());
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject jsonResponse = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);

//  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Parse Code
int i;
int count_i;
int j;
int count_j;

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

    i = i + 1;
}

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "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"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}