Specify request body in Google API calls (using Google APIs Client Library for JavaScript)

Question

I am trying to call Google API method drive.files.insert to create a folder in Google Drive with a request like this (using Google APIs Client Library for JavaScript):

var request = gapi.client.drive.files.insert({'convert': 'false', 'ocr': 'false'});
request.execute(function(resp) { console.log(resp); });

The problem is that I need to specify some params in the request body, for example:

{
    "title":"testFolder",
    "description":"hello world",
    "mimeType":"application/vnd.google-apps.folder"
}

But I cannot figure it out how to specify these parameters with the Google APIs Client Library for JavaScript. Is there any suggestion of how I can achieve this?

Answer 1

Not necessarily gapi.client.request with body field.

You may try gapi.client.drive.files.insert({'convert': 'false', 'ocr': 'false','resource': resource}) where resource is actually what you want to send, e.g.

resource = {
    "title":"testFolder",
    "description":"hello world",
    "mimeType":"application/vnd.google-apps.folder"
}

I have not verified that but I have tried exactly the same scenario with sending request body for creating Google Task list (gapi.client.tasks.tasklists.insert)

Answer 2

Use the "resource" keyword to send the body.