---
title: "Perform actions on a catalog folder"
method: POST
path: "/catalogs/{catalog_id}/folder"
tags: ["Catalogs"]
---

# Perform actions on a catalog folder

`POST /catalogs/{catalog_id}/folder`

Perform actions on local catalog folders. Single folder versions of catalog add, clean, verify and remove (delete) Make sure you remember to urlencode those folder names!

## Path parameters

- `catalog_id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `folder` string
- `task` string

## Request body

- CatalogFolderRequest
  - `folder` string, required
  - `task` string, required — add,clean,verify,remove (comma-separated allowed)

## Response `200`

Success

- SuccessResponse
  - `success` string

## 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

- **2026-07-22** `e8e6b266ea29` — 8 info
  - api operation id `catalogFolderCatalogsFolderPost` was added
  - added optional request body
  - the `query` request parameter `folder` became optional
  - the `query` request parameter `task` became optional
  - …4 more
- **2026-07-17** `9abb9bf6d3bf` — 1 info
  - removed the non-success response with the status `400`
- **2026-06-25** `7ed7a764efd9` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
- **2026-02-24** `3c57979a295f` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-02-19** `07f53972fdd7` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/ampache/apis/ampache-rest-api/changes/catalogs/:catalog_id/folder/post.md)

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