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Create a managed folder within a bucket.
Required permissions
The authenticated user must have the storage.managedfolders.create
IAM permission to use this method.
Request
HTTP request
POST https://storage.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/bucket/managedFolders
In addition to standard query parameters, the following parameters apply to this method.
To see an example of how to include query parameters in a request, see the JSON API Overview page.
Parameters
| Parameter name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Path parameters | ||
bucket |
string |
The parent bucket of the managed folder. |
Request body
When creating a managed folder, provide the name of the managed folder in the request body.
| Property name | Value | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required Properties | |||
name |
string |
The name of the managed folder, expressed as a path. For example,
example-dir or example-dir/example-dir1. |
|
Response
If successful, this method returns a ManagedFolder resource in the response body.
Try it!
Use the APIs Explorer below to call this method on live data and see the response.