PUT Folder

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ADDITIONAL INFO

This API call allows you to update an existing Folder's properties.

On the Cloud, this API is available via SSL-secured HTTPS connection using the REST PUT verb.
The format query string parameter controls the desired response format. Specify either XML or JSON.

/api/v2/folder?format=xml/json

You may use either JSON or XML formats in your PUT request.
You indicate this by setting the ContentType HTTP header as "application/json" or "application/xml".

If no ContentType is specified, XML format is assumed.

All XML formatted requests must specify the following XML namespace in the data source root element:
xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

Parameters

The POST Folder API allows you to create a new folder in your company account.
The required and optional parameters for a POST call to the Folder API are outlined below.

Name	Type	Description	Required
Id	String	GUID of the folder you'd like to update.	✓
Name	String	Name of the folder you'd like to update.
ExternalId	String	External ID of the form you'd like to update.
IsRestricted	Boolean	Whether or not this Folder restricts user access to its contents.
RestrictToGroup	String	Restrict access to a specific User Group identifier. This only allows access to users in the selected group. Users in this Group will also be able to access all items not assigned to any Groups.
Description	String	Description of the Folder.
Items	Array	GUID of the object to be included in the folder, ie. Screen or Data Source.
CompanyId	Integer	Your unique Company ID is found on the Organization Setup page of the secure website.	✓
IntegrationKey	String	Your unique Integration Key is found on the Organization Setup page of the secure website.	✓
KeyId	String	The ID of the linked item.
Type	String	['Screen', 'Doc', 'DataSource', 'Folder', 'TaskTemplate']

Example

Given that the API is REST-based, you can access the API directly via your web browser to test or by using Postman API Platform.

The below example demonstrates how to update an existing folder using a PUT Folder API call.

Request URL

https://secure.formsonfire.com:443/api/v2/folder

Request Body

{
  "Id": "",
  "Name": "",
  "ExternalId": "",
  "IsRestricted": false,
  "RestrictToGroup": "",
  "Description": "",
  "Items": [
    {
      "KeyId": "",
      "Type": ""
    }
  ],
  "CompanyId": 0,
  "IntegrationKey": ""
}

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