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google drive v3 creating file when asked to create a folder within a folder

I am running the following using Google Drive API v3 

const { result: { id: _spotDataFolderId } } = await drive.files.create({
            resource: { name: 'SPOT_DATA', mimeType: 'application/vnd.google-apps.folder' }
        });
 const { result: { id: _patientsDataFolderId } } = await drive.files.create({
            resource: { name: 'PATIENTS_DATA', mimeType: 'application/vnd.google-apps.folder' },
            parents: [ _spotDataFolderId ]
        });

I can see the first folder, SPOT_DATA, getting created. However, within SPOT_DATA, a file called Untitled is getting created. How do I create a subfolder called PATIENTS_DATA within SPOT_DATA

Note:

I am using async/await pattern. The SPOT_DATA folder is getting created. Further, if I remove parents: [ _spotDataFolderId ] from the second call, a folder PATIENTS_DATA is getting created in the home dir of my Google drive.

Solution

  • How about this modification? In this modification, the property of parents is included in resource.

    From:

    {
  resource: { name: 'PATIENTS_DATA', mimeType: 'application/vnd.google-apps.folder' },
  parents: [ _spotDataFolderId ]
}

    To:

    {
  resource: { name: 'PATIENTS_DATA', mimeType: 'application/vnd.google-apps.folder', parents: [ _spotDataFolderId ] },
}

    Reference: