Folders operations

Get a collection of folders

To get all folders, you must execute a GET request to the following endpoint:

{baseurl}/api/default/folders

Sample request

GET http://mysite.com/api/default/folders

Sample response

NOTE: This endpoint serves all folders that are not root level libraries, regardless of whether the folder is nested inside an image album, video library, or a document library.

Get a folder

To get a single folder, you must execute a GET request to the following endpoint:

{baseurl}/api/default/folders({id})

Where id is the ID of the folder that you want to get, for example – 43d06f6a-513f-4014-a707-f2da1b10844f.

Sample request

GET http://mysite.com/api/default/folders(43d06f6a-513f-4014-a707-f2da1b10844f)

Sample response

Create a folder

To create a folder, you must execute a POST request to the following endpoint:

{baseurl}/api/default/folders

The minimal requirements to create a folder are the Title and the RootId. The UrlName is not required by the API. If left unpopulated, it will be generated by the server as a random GUID.

Sample request

POST http://mysite.com/api/default/videolibraries

Sample response

Partially update a folder

Updating a folder can be done in two ways – with a PATCH or with a PUT request. The difference between the two verbs is that PATCH allows for a partial update, whereas PUT requires all fields to be present in the request’s body.

To partially update a folder, you must execute a PATCH request to the following endpoint:

{baseurl}/api/default/folders({id})

Where id is the ID of the folder that you want to get, for example – 43d06f6a-513f-4014-a707-f2da1b10844f.

Sample request

PATCH http://mysite.com/api/default/videolibraries(288eff11-6e67-48ae-aefc-45b1c97e898b)

Sample response

No response body

Fully update a folder

Updating a folder can be done in two ways – with a PATCH or with a PUT request. The difference between the two verbs is that PATCH allows for a partial update, whereas PUT requires all fields to be present in the request’s body.

To partially update a folder, you must execute a PUT request to the following endpoint:

{baseurl}/api/default/folders({id})

Where id is the ID of the folder that you want to get, for example – 43d06f6a-513f-4014-a707-f2da1b10844f.

Sample request

PUT http://mysite.com/api/default/videolibraries(288eff11-6e67-48ae-aefc-45b1c97e898b)

Sample response

No response body

Delete folder

To delete a folder, you must execute a DELETE request to the following endpoint:

{baseurl}/api/default/folders({id})

Where id is the ID of the folder that you want to get, for example – 43d06f6a-513f-4014-a707-f2da1b10844f.

Sample request

DELETE http://mysite.com/api/default/videolibraries(288eff11-6e67-48ae-aefc-45b1c97e898b)

Sample response

No response body

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