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pcmarley
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Feb 01, 2021

Bad Request Creating Folder In SharePoint

Hello,

 

I'm trying to create a folder in SharePoint:

 

folder_url = 'https://<site url>/_api/web/folders'
headers = {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer {}'.format(my_access_token), 
    'Accept': 'application/json; odata=verbose',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json; odata=verbose',
}
req = {
        '__metadata': {
            'type': 'SP.Folder'
         },
         'ServerRelativeUrl': 'Shared Documents/mytestfolder'
}

r = requests.post(folder_url, data=req, headers=headers)
r.raise_for_status()

The return is always:

## 400 Client Error: Bad Request for URL: https://<site url>/_api/web/folders

 

Is there something I've missed? 

 

Thanks. 

  • Rahul Mittal (ODSP)'s avatar
    Rahul Mittal (ODSP)
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    Feb 02, 2021

    pcmarley 

    Can you try inserting a '/' in the front of your 'ServerRelativeUrl' parameter? i.e.

    'ServerRelativeUrl': '/Shared Documents/mytestfolder'
  • ganeshsanap's avatar
    ganeshsanap
    MVP
    Feb 02, 2021

    pcmarley 

     

    Provide ServerRelativeUrl in this format: "/sites/siteName/Shared Documents/mytestfolder".

     

    Here are some of working examples you can refer to create a folder in SharePoint:

     

    Creating folder with payload:

     

    //HTML - function calling
<button type="button" onclick="createFolderWithPayload()"> Add Folder with Payload</button>

//JS - function to create a folder
function createFolderWithPayload() {
	var folderEndpoint = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/web/folders";
	var folderPayload = {
		"__metadata": {
			"type": "SP.Folder"
		},
		"ServerRelativeUrl": "/sites/SPConnect/Shared Documents/folder1"
	};
	
	$.ajax({
		url: folderEndpoint,
		type: "POST",
		data: JSON.stringify(folderPayload),
		headers: {
			"X-RequestDigest": $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val(),
			"accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
			"content-type": "application/json;odata=verbose"
		},
		success: function (data) {
			console.log("Folder created successfully");
		},
		error: function (error) {
			console.log(error);
		}
	});
}

     

     Creating folder without payload:

     

    //HTML - function calling
<button type="button" onclick="createFolder('/sites/SPConnect/Shared Documents', 'folder2')"> Add Folder </button>

//JS - function to create a folder
function createFolder(folderPath, newFolderName) {
	var folderEndpoint = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/web/getfolderbyserverrelativeurl('" + folderPath + "')/folders/add(url=\'" + newFolderName + "\')";

	$.ajax({
		url: folderEndpoint,
		type: "POST",
		headers: {
			"X-RequestDigest": $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val(),
			"accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
			"content-type": "application/json;odata=verbose"
		},
		success: function (data) {
			console.log("Folder created successfully");
		},
		error: function (error) {
			console.log(error);
		}
	});
}

     

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