Folders

Use the following endpoint to manage folders and projects (top level folders) in customer workspaces.

ENDPOINT ACCESS

To access these endpoints, your API client must have the appropriate privileges. This is determined by the role assigned to your API client.

To enable endpoint access:

You can enable access to these endpoints by editing an existing API client role, or by creating a new API client role:

1

Navigate to Workspace admin > API clients > Client roles.

Select the role you plan to edit.

Alternatively, click + Add client role to create a new API client role.

2

Navigate to Customer workspaces > Projects > Project assets > Projects & folders.

3

Select the checkbox(es) next to the endpoint(s) you plan to enable for this role. The following options are available:

• Projects & folders
  • Select this option to enable all endpoints for this role.
• List folders GET /api/managed_users/:managed_user_id/folders
• List projects GET /api/managed_users/:managed_user_id/projects
• Create folder POST /api/managed_users/:managed_user_id/folders
• Delete folder DELETE /api/managed_users/:managed_user_id/folders
/:folder_id
• Delete project DELETE /api/managed_users/:managed_user_id/projects
/:project_id

Select the endpoints you plan to enable

Quick reference

Type	Resource	Description
GET	/api/managed_users/:managed_user_id/folders	List folders.
POST	/api/managed_users/:managed_user_id/folders	Create a folder.
DELETE	/api/managed_users/:managed_user_id/folders/:folder_id	Delete a folder.

List folders

Lists all folders in a customer account.

GET /api/managed_users/:managed_user_id/folders

URL Parameters

Name	Type	Description
managed_user_id	string required	Embedded customer Account ID/External ID. External ID must be prefixed with an E(eg: EA2300) and the resulting ID should be URL encoded.

Query Parameters

Name	Type	Description
parent_id	string	Parent folder ID. Defaults to Home folder.
page	integer	Page number. Defaults to 1.
per_page	integer	Page size. Defaults to 100 (maximum is 100).

Sample request

curl  -X GET 'https://www.workato.com/api/managed_users/1199/folders?parent_id=12323' \
      -H 'Authorization: Bearer <api_token>' \
      -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \

Response

{
    "result": [
        {
            "id": 1789,
            "name": "Netsuite production",
            "parent_id": 4515,
            "created_at": "2020-07-16T10:49:53.337-07:00",
            "updated_at": "2020-07-16T10:49:53.347-07:00"
        }
    ]
}

Create folder

Creates a new folder in the specified parent folder. If no parent folder ID is specified, the folder created will be a top level folder (in the Home folder).

POST /api/managed_users/:managed_user_id/folders

URL Parameters

Name	Type	Description
managed_user_id	string required	Embedded customer Account ID/External ID. External ID must be prefixed with an E(eg: EA2300) and the resulting ID should be URL encoded.

Payload

Name	Type	Description
name	string required	Name of the folder.
parent_id	string	Parent folder ID. Defaults to Home folder.

Sample request

curl  -X POST https://www.workato.com/api/managed_users/1892/folders \
      -H 'Authorization: Bearer <api_token>' \
      -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
      -d  '{
            "name": "Salesforce folder"
          }'

Response

{
  "id": 3498583,
}

Delete a folder

Delete a folder in a customer workspace.

FOLDER DELETION INCLUDES RECIPES AND CONNECTIONS

This action deletes a folder and all of its contents (recipes and connections).

To use this endpoint, your API client role must have the following privilege:

• Delete folder DELETE /api/managed_users/:managed_user_id/folders/:folder_id

DELETE /api/managed_users/:managed_user_id/folders/:folder_id

URL parameters

Name	Type	Description
managed_user_id	string required	Embedded customer Account ID/External ID. The External ID must be URL encoded and prefixed with an E (for example, EA2300).
folder_id	string required	The ID of the folder you plan to delete. You can retrieve a list of folder IDs by calling the list folders endpoint.

Query parameters

Name	Type	Description
force	boolean optional	Set this parameter to true to delete a folder that is not empty. When true, the folder you specify using the folder_id parameter, and its contents (all recipes and connections) within the folder are deleted. If set to false, this action can only delete an empty folder.

Sample request

curl  -X DELETE 'https://www.workato.com/api/managed_users/:managed_user_id/folders/12345?force=true' \
      -H 'Authorization: Bearer <api_token>'

Response

• Successful response
• Unsuccessful response

Successful response

{
    "success": "true"
}

Unsuccessful response

If you attempt to delete a folder that isn't empty, but do not set the force parameter to true Workato cannot delete the folder you've specified.

If the folder contains a connection, Workato provides the following response:

{
    "message": "can't remove a folder with connections"
}

If the folder contains a recipe, Workato provides the following response:

{
    "message": "can't remove a folder with recipe"
}