Creates a folder within a bucket with hierarchical namespace enabled.
Required permissions
The authenticated user must have the storage.folders.create
IAM permission to use this method.
Request
HTTP request
POST https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/bucket/folders
In addition to standard query parameters, the following parameters apply to this method.
To see an example of how to include query parameters in a request, see the JSON API Overview page.
Parameters
| Parameter name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Path parameters | ||
bucket |
string |
The parent bucket of the folder. |
| Optional query parameters | ||
recursive |
boolean |
If set to true, the method creates all the non-existing parent folders. If not set or set to false, the request fails if any parent folder doesn't exist. |
Request body
In the request body, supply a folder resource with the following properties:
| Property name | Value | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required Properties | |||
name |
string |
The name of the folder. | |
Response
If successful, this method returns a Folder resource in the response body.
For information about status and error codes returned by this API, see the reference page.
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