CreateFolder - Resource Management - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

Creates a folder.

Operation description

A maximum of five levels of folders can be created under the Root folder.

Debugging

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Debug

Authorization information

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Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
ParentFolderId	string	No	The ID of the parent folder.	r-b1****
FolderName	string	Yes	The name of the folder. The name must be 1 to 24 characters in length and can contain letters, digits, underscores (_), periods (.),and hyphens (-).	rdFolder

Response parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Example
	object	The returned result.
RequestId	string	The ID of the request.	C2CBCA30-C8DD-423E-B4AD-4FB694C9180C
Folder	object	The information about the folder.
FolderId	string	The ID of the folder.	fd-u8B321****
CreateTime	string	The time when the folder was created.	2019-02-19T09:34:50.757Z
ParentFolderId	string	The ID of the parent folder.	r-b1****
FolderName	string	The name of the folder.	rdFolder

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "RequestId": "C2CBCA30-C8DD-423E-B4AD-4FB694C9180C",
  "Folder": {
    "FolderId": "fd-u8B321****",
    "CreateTime": "2019-02-19T09:34:50.757Z",
    "ParentFolderId": "r-b1****",
    "FolderName": "rdFolder"
  }
}

Error codes

HTTP status code	Error code	Error message	Description
400	InvalidParameter.ParentFolderId	The ParentFolderId is invalid.	The value of the ParentFolderId parameter is invalid. The value must start with r- followed by 6 characters or start with fd- followed by 10 characters. Valid characters include letters and digits.
400	MissingParameter.Folder.Name	You must specify the resource folder name.	No folder name is specified. Specify a folder name.
400	InvalidParameter.Folder.Name	The Name of folder is invalid.	The folder name is invalid. The name can contain only letters, digits, underscores (_), periods (.), and hyphens (-).
400	InvalidParameter.Folder.Name.Length	The Name of folder exceeds the length limit.	The length of the folder name exceeds the upper limit. The name must be 1 to 24 characters in length.
400	InvalidParameter.Folder.Name.AlreadyUsed	The name already exists under the same parent. Please change to another name.	The folder name already exists in the same parent folder. Change the name.
404	EntityNotExists.ResourceDirectory	The resource directory for the account is not enabled. We recommend that you first enable the resource directory for the account.	The account is not used to enable a resource directory. Use the account to enable a resource directory first.
404	EntityNotExists.Folder	The resource directory folder does not exist.	The specified folder does not exist. Create such a folder first.
409	LimitExceeded.Folder.Depth	The folder depth exceeds the limit of 5.	The maximum number of folder levels is reached. A maximum of five levels of folders can be created in the Root folder.
409	QuotaExceeded.Folder.Count	The number of folders exceeds the quota.	The maximum number of folders is reached.

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