---
title: "Browse folder-style children"
method: GET
path: "/browse"
tags: ["Browsing, Indexes and Lists"]
---

# Browse folder-style children

`GET /browse`

Return children of a parent object in a folder traversal/browse style. If you don't send any parameters you'll get a catalog list (the 'root' path)

## Query parameters

- `filter` string
- `type` 'root' | 'catalog' | 'album_artist' | 'artist' | 'album' | 'album_disk' | 'podcast'
- `catalog` string
- `add` string, date
- `update` string, date
- `offset` integer
- `limit` integer
- `cond` string
- `sort` string

## Response `200`

Browse array

- BrowseResponse
  - `total_count` integer, required
  - `md5` string, required
  - `catalog_id` string, required
  - `parent_id` string, required
  - `parent_type` string, required
  - `child_type` string, required
  - `browse` BrowseObject[], required
    - `id` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `prefix` string, nullable, required
    - `basename` string, required

## Other responses

- `400` — HTTP 400 Bad Request (errors 4705, 4710).
- `401` — HTTP 401 Unauthorized (error 4701).
- `403` — HTTP 403 Forbidden (errors 4700, 4703, 4742).
- `404` — HTTP 404 Not Found (error 4704).
- `500` — HTTP 500 Internal Server Error (error 4702).

## Changes

> 46 revisions in range; 5 could not be searched.

- **2026-07-30** `f6f9bf98a040` — 2 info
  - added the new enum value `album_artist` to the `query` request parameter `type`
  - added the new enum value `album_disk` to the `query` request parameter `type`
- **2026-07-22** `e8e6b266ea29` — 5 info
  - api operation id `browse` was added
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`
  - added the non-success response with the status `404`
  - …1 more
- **2026-07-19** `b874092765cd` — 2 breaking
  - the response property `browse/items/basename` became nullable for the status `200`
  - the response property `browse/items/name` became nullable for the status `200`
- **2026-07-18** `0366bc42fb8f` — 7 info
  - added the required property `browse` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the required property `catalog_id` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the required property `child_type` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the required property `md5` to the response with the `200` status
  - …3 more
- **2026-06-25** `7ed7a764efd9` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/ampache/apis/ampache-rest-api/changes/browse/get.md)

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