Call the CreateFolder operation to create a folder - Resource Management - Alibaba Cloud - Resource Management

Operation description

Note

You can create a maximum of five levels of resource folders.

This topic provides an example on how to create a resource folder named rdFolder in the Root folder.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.
API: The API that you can call to perform the action.
Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.
Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.
- For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.
- For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.
Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.
Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

resourcemanager:CreateFolder

create

*Folder

acs:resourcemanager:*:{#accountId}:folder/{#ResourceDirectoryPath}

None

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 resource folder. The name must be 1 to 24 characters in length and can contain letters, digits, underscores (_), periods (.), and hyphens (-).	rdFolder

For more information about common request parameters, see Common parameters.

Response elements

Element	Type	Description	Example
	object	The response parameters.
RequestId	string	The request ID.	C2CBCA30-C8DD-423E-B4AD-4FB694C9180C
Folder	object	The information about the resource folder.
FolderId	string	The ID of the resource folder.	fd-u8B321****
CreateTime	string	The time when the resource folder was created. The time is displayed in UTC in RFC 3339 format, indicated by Z.	2019-02-19T09:34:50.757Z
ParentFolderId	string	The ID of the parent folder.	r-b1****
FolderName	string	The name of the resource folder.	rdFolder

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "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 specified ID of the parent folder is invalid. The ID must either be a 6-character string that starts with r- or a 10-character string that starts with fd-. The ID can contain letters and digits.
400	MissingParameter.Folder.Name	You must specify the resource folder name.	The specified name of the resource directory is invalid. You must specify a valid resource directory name.
400	InvalidParameter.Folder.Name	The Name of folder is invalid.	The Name of folder is invalid. The name must only contain letters, digits, underscores (_), periods (.), and hyphens (-).
400	InvalidParameter.Folder.Name.Length	The Name of folder exceeds the length limit.	The length of the specified folder name exceeds the 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 name already exists under the same parent. Please change to another one.
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 resource directory for the account is not enabled. We recommend that you first enable the resource directory for the account.
404	EntityNotExists.Folder	The resource directory folder does not exist.	The specified resource directory does not exist. We recommend that you first create a resource directory.
409	LimitExceeded.Folder.Depth	The folder depth exceeds the limit of 5.	The depth of folder levels exceeds the limit. You can create a maximum of 5 levels, excluding the root directory.
409	QuotaExceeded.Folder.Count	The number of folders exceeds the quota.	The number of folders exceeds the quota.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.