Google Drive API request to create a new folder

Use the following request to create a new foder on the Google Drive:

Request type: POST

URI: ‘https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v3/files’

Headers: “Authorization”: `Bearer ${accessToken}` Use the access token generated using the access credentials

“Content-Type”: “application/json”

“Request Body”: 

“{

“name”: “folderName”,

    “mimeType”: “application/vnd.google-apps.folder”,

    “parents”: [“{parentFolderID}”],

 }”

To get the folder ID of any folder in Google Drive easily, open the folder in the browser and copy the part in the URL after “https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/”

e.g. “https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/abcd123xyz” Folder ID is “abcd123xyz”

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