---
title: "Get Folder Information"
method: GET
path: "/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/folders/{{folder_id}}"
tags: ["Folders"]
---

# Get Folder Information

`GET /v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/folders/{{folder_id}}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://cms.api.brightcove.com`
- URL: `https://cms.api.brightcove.com/v1/accounts/{{account_id}}/folders/{{folder_id}}`
- Auth: OAuth 2
  - Client credentials
  - Token URL: `https://oauth.brightcove.com/v4/access_token` scopes: `video-cloud/video/read`

Gets information about a folder

## Path parameters

- `account_id` string, required
- `folder_id` string, required

## Headers

- `Content-Type` string, required
- `Authorization` string, required

## Response `200`

200

- Folder[]
  - `account_id` string: Video Cloud account id
  - `created_at` string: date/time folder created
  - `id` string: system id for the folder
  - `name` string: folder name
  - `updated_at` string: date/time folder last modified
  - `video_count` string: number of videos in the folder

## Other responses

- `401`: UNAUTHORIZED: Authentication failed; check to make sure your client credentials were correct for the access token
- `403`: NOT_AVAILABLE: The resource you are requesting is temporarily unavailable
- `404`: RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND: The api could not find the resource you requested
- `405`: METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED: The HTTP method specified is not allowed for this endpoint
- `429`: TOO_MANY_REQUESTS: You are submitting too many simultaneous requests or too many requests per second
- `500`: UNKNOWN: Issue in Brightcove system; try again later. TIMEOUT: Server likely too busy; try again later.

## Changes

- **2023-04-29** `d5befff2511b`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/brightcovelearning/apis/brightcove-cms-api-reference/changes/v1/accounts/:{account_id}/folders/:{folder_id}/get.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/brightcovelearning/apis/brightcove-cms-api-reference.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/brightcovelearning/apis/brightcove-cms-api-reference/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/brightcovelearning/apis/brightcove-cms-api-reference/revisions/1b6182a4560a?raw)