---
title: "Create Folder"
method: POST
path: "/folders"
tags: ["Folders"]
---

# Create Folder

`POST /folders`

Create a new folder.

## Headers

- `authorization` string, nullable

## Request body

- FolderCreate — Request model for folder creation
  - `name` string, required
  - `full_path` string, nullable
  - `parent_id` string, nullable
  - `description` string, nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- Folder — Represents a folder that contains documents
  - `id` string
  - `name` string, required
  - `full_path` string, nullable
  - `parent_id` string, nullable
  - `depth` integer, nullable
  - `description` string, nullable
  - `document_ids` string[], nullable
  - `system_metadata` object
  - `summary_storage_key` string, nullable
  - `summary_version` integer, nullable
  - `summary_bucket` string, nullable
  - `summary_updated_at` string, nullable
  - `app_id` string, nullable
  - `end_user_id` string, nullable
  - `child_count` integer, nullable

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-01-22** `2d9291c3821d` — 2 info
  - `header` request parameter `authorization` list-of-types was widened by adding types `null`
  - for the `header` request parameter `authorization`, the type/format was generalized from `string`/`` to ``/``
- **2025-12-18** `4b79c3821a17` — 4 info
  - added the optional property `summary_bucket` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `summary_storage_key` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `summary_updated_at` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `summary_version` to the response with the `200` status
- **2025-12-06** `e185c542e939` — 6 info
  - added the new optional request property `full_path`
  - added the new optional request property `parent_id`
  - added the optional property `child_count` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `depth` to the response with the `200` status
  - …2 more
- **2025-11-05** `9ade02dd7b1d` — 2 warning
  - removed the optional property `rules` from the response with the `200` status
  - removed the optional property `workflow_ids` from the response with the `200` status

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/morphik-org/apis/fastapi/changes/folders/post.md)

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