---
title: "Get folder children by folder path"
method: GET
path: "/folders"
tags: ["Browsing, Indexes and Lists"]
---

# Get folder children by folder path

`GET /folders`

## Query parameters

- `filter` string
- `exact` 0 | 1
- `add` string, date
- `update` string, date
- `offset` integer
- `limit` integer
- `cond` string
- `sort` string

## Response `200`

Children of a parent folder resolved by path traversal.

- FolderBrowseResponse
  - `total_count` integer, required
  - `md5` string, required
  - `folder` FolderBrowseNode, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `title` string, required
    - `parent` integer, required
    - `path` string, required
    - `catalog` integer, required
    - `items` FolderBrowseItem[], required
      - `id` string, required
      - `object_type` 'folder' | 'podcast_episode' | 'song' | 'video', required
      - `title` string, required
      - `parent` integer, required
      - `path` string, required
      - `art` string, required
      - `has_art` boolean, required
      - `play_url` string, required
      - `rating` integer, required
      - `averagerating` integer, nullable, required

## Other responses

- `400` — Ampache API error response payload.
- `404` — Ampache API error response payload.

## Changes

- **2026-06-25** `7ed7a764efd9` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

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

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