CreateFolderPath operation
Find information about the CreateFolderPath EWS operation.
The CreateFolderPath operation creates a folder hierarchy.
This operation was introduced in Exchange Server 2013.
The CreateFolderPath operation request takes an array of folders and a parent folder identifier and creates a folder hierarchy based on the order of the folders in the array.
The CreateFolderPath operation can use the SOAP headers that are listed in the following table.
Header name | Element | Description |
---|---|---|
Impersonation |
ExchangeImpersonation |
Identifies the user whom the client application is impersonating. This header is applicable to a request. |
MailboxCulture |
MailboxCulture |
Identifies the culture, as defined in RFC 3066, "Tags for the Identification of Languages", to be used to access the mailbox. This header is applicable to a request. |
RequestVersion |
RequestServerVersion |
Identifies the schema version for the operation request. This header is applicable to a request. |
ServerVersion |
ServerVersionInfo |
Identifies the version of the server that responded to the request. This header is applicable to a response. |
TimeZoneContext |
TimeZoneContext |
Identifies the time zone scope for DateTime properties. This header is applicable to a request. |
The following example of a CreateFolderPath operation request shows how to create a folder hierarchy that is three folders deep in the default Inbox folder.
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All item identifiers and change keys in this article have been shortened to preserve readability.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types"
xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages">
<soap:Header>
<t:RequestServerVersion Version="Exchange2013" />
<t:MailboxCulture>en-US</t:MailboxCulture>
<t:TimeZoneContext>
<t:TimeZoneDefinition Id="GMT Standard Time"/>
</t:TimeZoneContext>
</soap:Header>
<soap:Body >
<m:CreateFolderPath>
<m:ParentFolderId>
<t:DistinguishedFolderId Id="inbox"/>
</m:ParentFolderId>
<m:RelativeFolderPath>
<t:Folder>
<t:DisplayName>MyFirstLevelFolder</t:DisplayName>
</t:Folder>
<t:Folder>
<t:DisplayName>MySecondLevelFolder</t:DisplayName>
</t:Folder>
<t:Folder>
<t:DisplayName>MyThirdLevelFolder</t:DisplayName>
</t:Folder>
</m:RelativeFolderPath>
</m:CreateFolderPath>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
The request SOAP body contains the following elements:
The following example shows a successful response to a CreateFolderPath operation request to create a folder hierarchy three folders deep in the default Inbox folder.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<s:Header>
<h:ServerVersionInfo MajorVersion="15"
MinorVersion="0"
MajorBuildNumber="526"
MinorBuildNumber="0"
Version="Exchange2013"
xmlns:h="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/>
</s:Header>
<s:Body xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<m:CreateFolderPathResponse xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages"
xmlns:t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
<m:ResponseMessages>
<m:CreateFolderPathResponseMessage ResponseClass="Success">
<m:ResponseCode>NoError</m:ResponseCode>
<m:Folders>
<t:Folder>
<t:FolderId Id="AAMkADEzOTExYisXAAA=" ChangeKey="AQAAABYAABq6Wxb"/>
<t:DisplayName>MyFirstLevelFolder</t:DisplayName>
<t:TotalCount>0</t:TotalCount>
<t:ChildFolderCount>0</t:ChildFolderCount>
<t:UnreadCount>0</t:UnreadCount>
</t:Folder>
</m:Folders>
</m:CreateFolderPathResponseMessage>
<m:CreateFolderPathResponseMessage ResponseClass="Success">
<m:ResponseCode>NoError</m:ResponseCode>
<m:Folders>
<t:Folder>
<t:FolderId Id="AAMkADEzOTExm4QrAABqxisYAAA=" ChangeKey="AQAAABYAAAm4QrAABq6Wxg"/>
<t:DisplayName>MySecondLevelFolder</t:DisplayName>
<t:TotalCount>0</t:TotalCount>
<t:ChildFolderCount>0</t:ChildFolderCount>
<t:UnreadCount>0</t:UnreadCount>
</t:Folder>
</m:Folders>
</m:CreateFolderPathResponseMessage>
<m:CreateFolderPathResponseMessage ResponseClass="Success">
<m:ResponseCode>NoError</m:ResponseCode>
<m:Folders>
<t:Folder>
<t:FolderId Id="AAMkADEzOTAABqxisZAAA=" ChangeKey="AQAAABYAA6Wxl"/>
<t:DisplayName>MyThirdLevelFolder</t:DisplayName>
<t:TotalCount>0</t:TotalCount>
<t:ChildFolderCount>0</t:ChildFolderCount>
<t:UnreadCount>0</t:UnreadCount>
</t:Folder>
</m:Folders>
</m:CreateFolderPathResponseMessage>
</m:ResponseMessages>
</m:CreateFolderPathResponse>
</s:Body>
</s:Envelope>
The response SOAP body contains the following elements:
The following example shows an error response to a CreateFolderPath operation request. This is a response to a request to create two folders, the first of which does not have a display name property set. The first folder in the hierarchy cannot be created without a display name property, and the second folder cannot be created because the parent folder in the hierarchy was not created.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<s:Header>
<h:ServerVersionInfo MajorVersion="15" MinorVersion="0"
MajorBuildNumber="556"
MinorBuildNumber="14"
Version="Exchange2013"
xmlns:h="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/>
</s:Header>
<s:Body xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<m:CreateFolderPathResponse xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages"
xmlns:t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
<m:ResponseMessages>
<m:CreateFolderPathResponseMessage ResponseClass="Error">
<m:MessageText>The folder save operation failed due to invalid property values.</m:MessageText>
<m:ResponseCode>ErrorFolderSavePropertyError</m:ResponseCode>
<m:DescriptiveLinkKey>0</m:DescriptiveLinkKey>
<m:MessageXml>
<t:FieldURI FieldURI="folder:DisplayName"/>
</m:MessageXml>
<m:Folders/>
</m:CreateFolderPathResponseMessage>
<m:CreateFolderPathResponseMessage ResponseClass="Error">
<m:MessageText>The specified parent folder could not be found.</m:MessageText>
<m:ResponseCode>ErrorParentFolderNotFound</m:ResponseCode>
<m:DescriptiveLinkKey>0</m:DescriptiveLinkKey>
<m:Folders/>
</m:CreateFolderPathResponseMessage>
</m:ResponseMessages>
</m:CreateFolderPathResponse>
</s:Body>
</s:Envelope>
The error response SOAP body contains the following elements:
For additional error codes that are generic to EWS and specific to this operation, see ResponseCode.