How to get special app folder with the new SDK?

[NLLAPPS]

I am pulling my hair out trying to upload to special app folder https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/developer/rest-api/api/drive_get_specialfolder?view=odsp-graph-online

On 5 series, I was simply doing

val specialAppFolder = "approot" val uploadSession = graphServiceClient .me() .drive() .special(specialAppFolder) .itemWithPath(uploadDestination.removePrefix("/")) // removePrefix because OrganiserConverter.fromConfig will return /path/.. .createUploadSession(.....)

On 6+ I cannot figure-out how to get hold of specialAppFolder in order to createUploadSession().

Could someone with a better understanding point me to the right direction please?

[Ndiritu]

@NLLAPPS thanks for reaching out.
This should be possible via:

Drive drive = graphServiceClient.me().drive();
DriveItem specialFolder = graphServiceClient.drives().byDriveId(drive.getId()).special().byDriveItemId("{special folder name}").get();
UploadSession uploadSession = graphServiceClient.drives().byDriveId(drive.getId()).items().byDriveItemId(specialFolder.getId()).createUploadSession().post(uploadSessionRequest);

Relevant docs links:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/drive-get-specialfolder?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=java
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/driveitem-createuploadsession?view=graph-rest-1.0#create-an-upload-session

[NLLAPPS]

Thank you. I am not usually this thick but getting my head around 6 series proven to be very hard.
This is what I used to to on 5 series

val uploadSession = graphServiceClient
            .me()
            .drive()
            .special("approot")
            .itemWithPath("some/sub/folder/and/filename.txt")
            .createUploadSession(DriveItemCreateUploadSessionParameterSet.newBuilder().withItem(DriveItemUploadableProperties()).build())
            .buildRequest(listOf<Option>(QueryOption("@name.conflictBehavior", "rename")))

Where I was able to upload "filename.txt" to ""some/sub/folder/and/" in "approot" special folder

For 6 series, I am following the guide at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/large-file-upload?tabs=java
Uploading to root with below example works fine.

val myDriveId: String = graphServiceClient.me().drive().get().id
val uploadSession = graphServiceClient.drives()
             .byDriveId(myDriveId)
             .items()
             .byDriveItemId("root:/some/sub/folder/and/filename.txt:")
             .createUploadSession()
             .post(uploadSessionPostRequestBody)

But, I want to upload the file to the special "approot" folder and configure it like this:

val driveId = graphServiceClient.me().drive().get().id
        val specialFolder = graphServiceClient.drives().byDriveId(driveId).special().byDriveItemId("approot").get()
        val driveItem = graphServiceClient.drives()
            .byDriveId(specialFolder.id)
            .items()
            .byDriveItemId("/some/sub/folder/and/filename.txt")
            .createUploadSession()
            .post(uploadSessionPostRequestBody)

Above example fails with
com.microsoft.graph.models.odataerrors.ODataError: Invalid request

Could you tell me how I am supposed to configure DriveItem name and path when uploading to special "approot" folder?

Here is the full log
` --> GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/TokenToReplace/drive
accept: application/json
authorization: Bearer xxxx
--> END GET
<-- 200 https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/TokenToReplace/drive (433ms)
cache-control: no-store
content-type: application/json;odata.metadata=minimal;odata.streaming=true;IEEE754Compatible=false;charset=utf-8
vary: Accept-Encoding
strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000
request-id: xxxxxxxx
client-request-id: xxxxxxxx
odata-version: 4.0
date: Fri, 03 May 2024 09:26:44 GMT
--omitted data---
<-- END HTTP (437ms, 346-byte body)
--> GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drives/xxxxxx/special/approot
accept: application/json
authorization: Bearer xxxx
--> END GET
<-- 200 https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drives/xxxxxx/special/approot (137ms)
--omitted data---
<-- END HTTP (145ms, 1059-byte body)
--> POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drives/xxxxxx%2111432/items/2024_05_03_09_56_59.mp3/createUploadSession
Content-Length: 55
authorization: Bearer xxxx
accept: application/json
content-type: application/json

 {"item":{"@microsoft.graph.conflictBehavior":"rename"}}
 --> END POST (0-byte body)
 <-- 400      https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drives/xxxxxx%2111432/items/2024_05_03_09_56_59.mp3/createUploadSession (108ms)
 cache-control: no-store
 content-type: application/json
 vary: Accept-Encoding
 strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000
 request-id: 3426f604xxxx
 client-request-id: 3426f604xxxx

 date: Fri, 03 May 2024 09:26:44 GMT

  {"error":{"code":"invalidRequest","message":"Invalid request","innerError":{"date":"2024-05-     03T09:26:44","request-id":"3426f604xxxx","client-request-id":"3426f604xxxx"}}}
  <-- END HTTP (114ms, 218-byte body)`

[NLLAPPS]

I have also dug through traffic of 5 series and noticed that
graphServiceClient .me() .drive() .special("approot").itemWithPath(uploadDestination)

Produces:
https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/special/approot:/filename.txt:

But
val driveId = graphServiceClient.me().drive().get().id val specialFolder = graphServiceClient.drives().byDriveId(driveId).special().byDriveItemId("approot").get() val driveItem = graphServiceClient.drives() .byDriveId(specialFolder.id) .items() .byDriveItemId(uploadDestination)

Produces below after multple requests:
https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/drives/XXXXX%21XXXXX/items/filename.txt/

Isn't there any way to build
https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/special/approot:/filename.txt:
Saving round trips to the API?

[NLLAPPS]

OK, finally fixed it! See below. I must say it was excruciatingly hard. I hope MS will consider providing upgrade path on significant changes like this in the future. Issue I had created on Feb 17 2024 at Android Samples at https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sample-android/issues not even acknowledged yet.

val driveId = graphServiceClient.me().drive().get().id
        val specialFolderId = graphServiceClient.drives().byDriveId(driveId).special().byDriveItemId("approot").get().id
        val driveItemId = "${specialFolderId}:/fileName.txt:"
        val uploadSession = graphServiceClient.drives().byDriveId(driveId)
            .items()
            .byDriveItemId(driveItemId)
            .createUploadSession()
            .post(uploadSessionPostRequestBody)

Above seems to create unnecessary requests. Each get() is a request to API. This was not the case in 5 series. Isn't there a way to construct Special Folder name without request to get IDs? Some sort of hand crafted DriveItemItemRequestBuilder with URL https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/drive/special/approot:/?