---
title: "Get folder by name (deprecated)"
method: GET
path: "/api/{org_id}/folders/name/{folder_name}"
tags: ["Folders"]
deprecated: true
---

# Get folder by name (deprecated)

`GET /api/{org_id}/folders/name/{folder_name}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.openobserve.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.openobserve.ai/api/{org_id}/folders/name/{folder_name}`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/openobserve/apis/openobserve-api-http/docs/api/:org_id/folders/name/:folder_name/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

> **Deprecated.**

Retrieves a folder using its name instead of ID - this endpoint is deprecated

## Path parameters

- `org_id` string, required
- `folder_name` string, required

## Response `200`

- Folder: Common folder fields used in HTTP request and response bodies.
  - `description` string, required
  - `folderId` string
  - `icon` string, nullable: Opaque icon token — a Unicode emoji or an "o2:" registry reference. Absent or null means the folder has no icon.
  - `name` string, required

## Other responses

- `404`: Folder not found

---

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