Create Folder

URL:
https://<root>/services/createFolder
Methods:
POST
Required Capability:
Access allowed with either the "Update", "Delete", or "Security and infrastructure" privileges, or the Publisher role
Version Introduced:
10.9

Description

The createFolder operation creates a subfolder under the root Services folder. The createFolder operation is only supported on the root folder, as ArcGIS Enterprise on Kubernetes only supports a single-level hierarchy of folders.

Request parameters

ParameterDetails

folderName

(Required)

The name of the folder. The name must be unique.

Example
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folderName=SalzburgCity

f

The response format. The default response format is html.

Values: html | json | pjson

Example usage

The following is a sample POST request for the createFolder operation:

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POST /context/admin/services/createFolder HTTP /1.1
Host: organization.domain.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: []

folderName=SalzburgCity&f=psjon&token=ELIMsyURgefHIZ-x6PzynYsaxLNR30GbWE6PCpgD0Hu7dWQ3vmBLz3bljwvJC8a74K_XARVfs5lpmCkjLkMZANHIDgMHiwgwnNiQBbTWHEbNqJeodE9ipXYeUmlGkveMQ44JjNQlNGYim-LqV4DcrPynxBlvO0CsIT4RIB-OsYp6oU_jqS9xVHxcHwCtvu3rnikAqeb3S96aS0ntC-414Y23t1CWAVhDSmRrl7NyWgw-jN4VBZ3FvPnDDDoFooY

JSON Response example

The following sample response is returned when createFolder is successful:

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{"status": "success"}

The following sample response is returned when folderName contains spacing:

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{
  "error" : {
    "code" : 500,
    "message" : "Folder name is invalid. The name contains illegal character ' '.",
    "details" : null
  }
}

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