Create a new folder in a drive
Namespace: microsoft.graph
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version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.
Create a new folder or DriveItem in a Drive with a specified parent item or path.
This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.
Global service | US Government L4 | US Government L5 (DOD) | China operated by 21Vianet |
---|---|---|---|
✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Permissions
Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.
Permission type | Least privileged permissions | Higher privileged permissions |
---|---|---|
Delegated (work or school account) | Files.ReadWrite | Files.ReadWrite.All, Sites.ReadWrite.All |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Files.ReadWrite | Files.ReadWrite.All |
Application | Files.ReadWrite.All | Sites.ReadWrite.All |
HTTP request
POST /drives/{drive-id}/items/{parent-item-id}/children
POST /groups/{group-id}/drive/items/{parent-item-id}/children
POST /me/drive/items/{parent-item-id}/children
POST /sites/{site-id}/drive/items/{parent-item-id}/children
POST /users/{user-id}/drive/items/{parent-item-id}/children
Request body
In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the DriveItem resource to create.
Response
If successful, this method returns 201 Created
response code and a Driveitem resource in the response body.
Example
Request
The following example shows a request to create a new folder in the signed-in user's OneDrive root folder.
The @microsoft.graph.conflictBehavior
property used indicates that if an item already exists with the same name, the service should choose a new name for the folder while creating it.
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/drive/root/children
Content-Type: application/json
{
"name": "New Folder",
"folder": { },
"@microsoft.graph.conflictBehavior": "rename"
}
Response
If successful, this method returns the newly created folder as a DriveItem resource.
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json
{
"createdBy": {
"user": {
"displayName": "Ryan Gregg",
"id": "309EC495-3E92-431D-9124-F0299633171D"
}
},
"createdDateTime": "2016-09-20T14:34:00Z",
"eTag": "343F1FBD-E9B3-4DDE-BCA7-D61AEAFF44E5,1",
"id": "ACEA49D1-1444-45A9-A1CB-68B1B28AE491",
"lastModifiedBy": {
"user": {
"displayName": "Ryan Gregg",
"id": "309EC495-3E92-431D-9124-F0299633171D"
}
},
"lastModifiedDateTime": "2016-09-20T14:34:00Z",
"name": "New Folder",
"parentReference": {
"driveId": "5FE38E3C-051C-4D55-9B83-8A437658275B",
"id": "E67A8F34-B0AA-46E1-8FF7-0750A29553DF",
"path": "/drive/root:/"
},
"size": 0,
"folder": {
"childCount": 0
}
}
Error response
See Error Responses for more info about how errors are returned.
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