Folder

The Folder resource represents a folder in a Cloud Storage bucket with hierarchical namespace enabled.

To try out the methods for this resource, see Methods.

Resource representations

{
  "kind": "storage#folder"
  "id": string,
  "selfLink": string,
  "name": string,
  "bucket": string,
  "createTime": datetime,
  "updateTime": datetime,
  "metageneration": long
}
Property name Value Description Notes
kind string The kind of item this is. For folders, this is always storage#folder.
id string The ID of the folder, which is composed of the bucket name and folder name, expressed as a path. For example, example-bucket/example-folder1/example-folder2/.
name string The name of the folder, expressed as a path. For example, example-folder1/example-folder2/.
bucket string The name of the bucket that contains the folder.
createTime datetime The time at which the folder was created, in RFC 3339 format.
updateTime datetime The time at which the folder's metadata was last updated, in RFC 3339 format.
metageneration long The metadata generation of the folder.

Methods

delete
Delete a folder.
get
Get the metadata of a folder.
insert
Create a folder.
list
Retrieves a list of folders matching the criteria.
rename
Rename a folder.

For information about status and error codes returned by these APIs, see the reference page.