---
title: "🛡️ Seed the file system with mock music folders and files."
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/index/seed/fs"
tags: ["Indexing"]
---

# 🛡️ Seed the file system with mock music folders and files.

`POST /api/v1/index/seed/fs`

<h3>🛡️ Requires Capabilities: <code>Indexing.Operate</code></h3>

## Query parameters

- `artists` string, required

## Response `201`

## Other responses

- `401` — Possible reasons: The authorization token is invalid.
- `403` — Possible reasons: The user does not have sufficent capabilities.

## Changes

- **2026-04-12** `2a857a76a65d` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-04-12** `43cbfa2e8b43` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation
- **2026-04-07** `d1fb83513b34` — 3 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `Local User JWT` was added to the API
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`
- **2026-04-07** `c9b3e1a2ae19` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-03-10** `1ec5a2e9d039` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/cardinalapps/apis/cardinal-media-server-api/changes/api/v1/index/seed/fs/post.md)

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