Edit Folder

URL:
https://<root>/services/<folder>/editFolder
Methods:
POST
Required Capability:
Access allowed with the "Security and Infrastructure" privilege
Version Introduced:
10.1

Description

The editFolder operation allows you to change the description of an existing folder or enable secure channel access (SSL) for services within the folder.

Request parameters

ParametersDescription

description

A description for the folder.

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description=A folder for map services

webEncrypted

A Boolean to indicate if the services are accessible over SSL only. When enabling SSL only access (true), you also need to enable the virtual directory security in the security configuration.

Values: true | false

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 editFolder operation:

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POST /webadaptor/admin/services/Maps/editFolder HTTP/1.1
Host: machine.domain.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: []

description=A folder for map services&webEncrypted=false&f=pjson

JSON Response example

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{"status": "success"}

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