Folder Create Folder

Folder Create Folder

Creates a new sub-folder with the specified name.

The childType property of the new folder is the same as the childType property of the current folder.

Required privileges: Folder.Create

Request
URI
POST
https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/Folder/{moId}/CreateFolder
COPY
Path Parameters
string
moId
Required

The unique identifier for the managed object to which the method attaches; the serialized managed object reference for a request has the form moType/moId, in this case Folder/{moId}.

string
release
Required

The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.2.0 APIs.


Request Body
CreateFolderRequestType of type(s) application/json
Required
{
    "name": "string"
}
string
name
Required

The name to be given the new folder. An entity name must be a non-empty string of less than 80 characters. The slash (/), backslash (\) and percent (%) will be escaped using the URL syntax. For example, %2F. Any percent (%) character used in this parameter must be escaped, unless it is used to start an escape sequence. Clients may also escape any other characters in this parameter.

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
200

A reference to the new folder.

Returns MoRefFolder of type(s) application/json
This response body class contains all of the following: MoRefManagedEntity
{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "value": "string"
}

500

DuplicateName: if another object in the same folder has the target name.

InvalidName: if the name is not a valid entity name.

Returns VimFault of type(s) application/json
This response body class contains all of the following: MethodFault
{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
    "faultMessage": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "key": "string",
            "arg": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "key": "string",
                    "value": {
                        "_typeName": "string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "message": "string"
        }
    ]
}