Objective-C 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}"

Objective-C Example

#import <CkoRest.h>
#import <CkoJsonObject.h>
#import <CkoStringBuilder.h>
#import <NSString.h>

CkoRest *rest = [[CkoRest alloc] init];
BOOL success;

//  URL: https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/create_folder_v2
BOOL bTls = YES;
int port = 443;
BOOL bAutoReconnect = YES;
success = [rest Connect: @"api.dropboxapi.com" port: [NSNumber numberWithInt: port] tls: bTls autoReconnect: bAutoReconnect];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@%d",@"ConnectFailReason: ",[rest.ConnectFailReason intValue]);
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  See the Online Tool for Generating JSON Creation Code
CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json UpdateString: @"path" value: @"/Halloween/emojis"];
[json UpdateBool: @"autorename" value: NO];

[rest AddHeader: @"Authorization" value: @"Bearer DROPBOX-ACCESS-TOKEN"];
[rest AddHeader: @"Content-Type" value: @"application/json"];

CkoStringBuilder *sbRequestBody = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[json EmitSb: sbRequestBody];
CkoStringBuilder *sbResponseBody = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
success = [rest FullRequestSb: @"POST" uriPath: @"/2/files/create_folder_v2" requestBody: sbRequestBody responseBody: sbResponseBody];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

int respStatusCode = [rest.ResponseStatusCode intValue];
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Response Status Code = ",respStatusCode);
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Response Header:");
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.ResponseHeader);
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Response Body:");
    NSLog(@"%@",[sbResponseBody GetAsString]);
    return;
}

CkoJsonObject *jsonResponse = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[jsonResponse LoadSb: sbResponseBody];

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

NSString *metadataName = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"metadata.name"];
NSString *metadataId = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"metadata.id"];
NSString *metadataPath_lower = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"metadata.path_lower"];
NSString *metadataPath_display = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"metadata.path_display"];
BOOL metadataSharing_infoRead_only = [jsonResponse BoolOf: @"metadata.sharing_info.read_only"];
NSString *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"] intValue];
while (i < count_i) {
    jsonResponse.I = [NSNumber numberWithInt: i];
    NSString *template_id = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"metadata.property_groups[i].template_id"];
    j = 0;
    count_j = [[jsonResponse SizeOfArray: @"metadata.property_groups[i].fields"] intValue];
    while (j < count_j) {
        jsonResponse.J = [NSNumber numberWithInt: j];
        NSString *name = [jsonResponse StringOf: @"metadata.property_groups[i].fields[j].name"];
        NSString *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"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}