Create Folder v2

POST

https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/create_folder_v2

POST

/2/files/create_folder_v2

import requests
url = "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/create_folder_v2"
payload = { "path": "/Homework/math" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.json())

{
  "metadata": {
    "id": "id:a4ayc_80_OEAAAAAAAAAXz",
    "name": "math",
    "path_display": "/Homework/math",
    "path_lower": "/homework/math",
    "property_groups": [
      {
        "fields": [
          {
            "name": "Security Policy",
            "value": "Confidential"
          }
        ],
        "template_id": "ptid:1a5n2i6d3OYEAAAAAAAAAYa"
      }
    ],
    "sharing_info": {
      "read_only": false,
      "parent_shared_folder_id": "84528192421"
    }
  }
}

Create a folder at a given path.

Required scope: files.content.write

Endpoint format: RPC

Authentication: User, Dropbox-API-Select-Admin (Team Admin)

Create a folder at a given path. **Required scope:** `files.content.write` **Endpoint format:** [RPC](https://docs.dropboxapi.com/dropbox-api/docs/technical-reference/request-response-formats#rpc-endpoints) **Authentication:** [User](https://docs.dropboxapi.com/dropbox-api/docs/auth-types#user-authentication), [Dropbox-API-Select-Admin (Team Admin)](https://docs.dropboxapi.com/dropbox-api/docs/auth-types#admin-authentication-via-dropbox-api-select-admin)

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

OAuth 2.0 token issued to a specific user. Use Authorization: Bearer <token>.

Public clients should use the authorization code flow with PKCE (S256).

For background or offline access, send token_access_type=offline during authorization and use the returned refresh token to obtain new access tokens.

You can generate a short-lived access token from the App Console; see Testing with a generated token.

OAuth 2.0 token issued to a specific user. Use `Authorization: Bearer <token>`. Public clients should use the authorization code flow with PKCE (S256). For background or offline access, send `token_access_type=offline` during authorization and use the returned refresh token to obtain new access tokens. You can generate a short-lived access token from the App Console; see [Testing with a generated token](https://docs.dropboxapi.com/dropbox-api/docs/oauth#testing-with-a-generated-token).

Headers

Dropbox-API-Path-RootstringOptional

Scopes path-based operations to a namespace (root). The value is a JSON serialization of the common.PathRoot union: {".tag": "home"}, {".tag": "root", "root": "<namespace_id>"}, or {".tag": "namespace_id", "namespace_id": "<namespace_id>"}. On failure the request returns 422 with a common.PathRootError.

Scopes path-based operations to a namespace (root). The value is a JSON serialization of the `common.PathRoot` union: `{".tag": "home"}`, `{".tag": "root", "root": "<namespace_id>"}`, or `{".tag": "namespace_id", "namespace_id": "<namespace_id>"}`. On failure the request returns 422 with a `common.PathRootError`.

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

pathstringRequiredformat: "(/(.|[\r\n])*)|(ns:[0-9]+(/(.|[\r\n])*)?)"

Path in the user's Dropbox to create.

autorenamebooleanOptionalDefaults to false

If there's a conflict, have the Dropbox server try to autorename the folder to avoid the conflict.

Response headers

X-Dropbox-Request-IdstringOptional

A unique identifier for the request, useful for debugging and support.

Response

Successful response

metadataobject

Metadata of the created folder.

Errors

401

Unauthorized Error

403

Forbidden Error

409

Conflict Error

429

Too Many Requests Error

500

Internal Server Error