How can you create folders using a path ?

Currently you have a method called “create_child_folder”, is it possible to extend this method to support “path” (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/driveitem-post-children?view=graph-rest-1.0)

OR

create a new method that supports path ie “create_folder_by _path” ? or “create_path_folder” ?

looking at the method, you have a data dictionary where you are building up the json response, so it should be a matter of adding (taken from docs.microsoft.com) to this dictionary:

  "parentReference": {
    "driveId": "5FE38E3C-051C-4D55-9B83-8A437658275B",
    "id": "E67A8F34-B0AA-46E1-8FF7-0750A29553DF",
    "path": "/drive/root:/"

[slash5k1]

heres my example of “create_folder_by_path” function - will park this code here and hope it helps someone in the future 😃

class O365Account():
    def __init__(self, client_id=client_id,
                 client_secret=client_secret, scopes=scopes):
        self.client_id = client_id
        self.client_secret = client_secret
        self.account = Account(credentials=(client_id, client_secret))
        self.account.is_authenticated ## have a saved token to work with

        self.sharepoint = self.account.sharepoint()
        self.site = self.sharepoint.get_site('xxxxxxxxxx.sharepoint.com','/sites/PlayPen')

account = O365Account()
playpen = account.site

def return_document_root(document_library):
    for library in playpen.list_document_libraries():
        if library.name == document_library:
            return library.get_root_folder()

def check_if_child_folder_exists(parent_folder_object, new_child_folder):
    for item in parent_folder_object.get_items():
        if isinstance(item, Folder):
            if item.name == new_child_folder:
                return item

    return None

def create_folder_by_path(document_library, path):
    root = return_document_root(document_library)

    for count, new_folder in enumerate(path.split(os.sep)):
        if len(new_folder) == 0:
            continue

        ## create top level folder from root
        if count == 1:
            returned_folder_object = check_if_child_folder_exists(root, new_folder)

            if returned_folder_object is None:
                parent_folder_object = root.create_child_folder(new_folder)
                print (new_folder, " - Folder Created")

            else:
                parent_folder_object = returned_folder_object
                print (new_folder, " - Folder Already Exists")

            continue

        ## create folder, next level down from parent folder
        if "{" in new_folder: ## support subfolders at the same level with the use of {}
            list_of_folders = new_folder[1:-1].split(",")
            
            for new_folder in list_of_folders:
                same_level_parent = parent_folder_object
                returned_folder_object = check_if_child_folder_exists(same_level_parent, new_folder)

                if returned_folder_object is None:
                    same_level_parent.create_child_folder(new_folder)
                    print (new_folder, " - Folder Created")

                else:
                    print (new_folder, " - Folder Already Exists")
            break ## break the loop after we have created a list of subfolders at the same level

        else:
            returned_folder_object = check_if_child_folder_exists(parent_folder_object, new_folder)

            if returned_folder_object is None:
                parent_folder_object = parent_folder_object.create_child_folder(new_folder)
                print (new_folder, " - Folder Created")

            else:
                parent_folder_object = returned_folder_object
                print (new_folder, " - Folder Already Exists")


path = "/test folder/blah/apple/Once Upon @ time/{dir1,dir2,dir3}"
document_library = "Documents"
create_folder_by_path(document_library, path)

[janscas]

You will have to support this by yourself, as you did already.