Course Files Folder not being created - desire2learn

Question

I am creating courses using the Valence API.
In DOME we have the d2lTools.CMS.CoursePathEnforced variable set to on.
According to the documentation:
Path:
The root path to use for this course offering’s course content. Note that, if your >>back-end service has path enforcement set on for new org units, then you should leave >>this property as an empty string, and the back-end service can populate it for you.
So I am setting the path property to an empty string when I create the course.
However, the folder is never created for the course path, so when users try to add content to a course they get an error. I can't set the path manually because it requires the Org Unit ID of the course, which I don't know till it's created.
Is this a bug or do I have something not configured properly?
Cheers, Iain

Answer 1

Here is a sample of the JSON structure you should send (note that the CourseTemplateId and SemesterId properties refer to the D2LID values for the course template and semester your new course derives from):
{"LocaleId": null,
"CourseTemplateId": 1234,
"Name": "Extensibility 105",
"ShowAddressBook": false,
"ForceLocale": false,
"StartDate": null,
"EndDate": null,
"Path": "",
"SemesterId": 5678,
"Code": "EXT-105"}
The create call sends back JSON upon successful creation that looks like this:
{"Name": "Extensibility 105",
"StartDate": null,
"CourseTemplate": {"Name": "ExtensibilityTemplate",
"Code": "EXT-TMPL",
"Identifier": "1234"},
"EndDate": null,
"Path": "/content/enforced/7531-EXT-105/",
"IsActive": true,
"Semester": {"Name": "Spring 2013",
"Code": "S2013",
"Identifier": "5678"},
"Code": "EXT-105",
"Department": {"Name": "ExtensibilityDepartment",
"Code": "1",
"Identifier": "2468"},
"Identifier": "7531"}
Note that the call allocated an Identifier property for the new course, and then incorporated that identity into the enforced content Path as one would expect.