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# Copy folders

POST https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/{account_id}/folders/copy
Content-Type: application/json

Copy a set of folders to a single destination folder.
Between 1 and 100 folder IDs may be provided.
This endpoint has been added to `Current Version` of the API.
Please see [https://next.developer.frame.io/platform/v4/api-reference/folders/bulk-copy](https://next.developer.frame.io/platform/v4/api-reference/folders/bulk-copy).
Rate Limits: 10 calls per 1.00 minute(s) per account\_user

Reference: https://next.developer.frame.io/platform/api-reference/folders/bulk-copy

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `account_id` (string, required)

### Query parameters

- `copy_metadata` (boolean, optional, default: false) — Whether to copy metadata values along with the folders
- `copy_comments` (enum, optional, default: none) — Which comments to copy along with the folders
  - Allowed values: `none`, `internal`, `public`, `all`

### Headers

- `api-version` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `experimental`

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a BulkFolderCopyMoveParams.

- `data` (BulkFolderCopyMoveParamsData, required)

## Response

### 200

OK

- `data` (list of BulkFolderCopyResult, required)

### 202

Accepted

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad request

- `errors` (list of BadRequestErrorsItems, required)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `errors` (list of UnauthorizedErrorsItems, required)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `errors` (list of ForbiddenErrorsItems, required)

### 404 Not Found Error

Not found

- `errors` (list of NotFoundErrorsItems, required)

### 409 Conflict Error

Conflict

- `errors` (list of ConflictErrorsItems, required)

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Unprocessable content

- `errors` (list of UnprocessableContentErrorsItems, required)

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Too many requests

- `errors` (list of TooManyRequestsErrorsItems, required)

## Types

### BulkFolderCopyMoveParamsData

- `folder_ids` (list of string, required) — IDs of the folders. Between 1 and 100 unique IDs are allowed.
- `parent_id` (string, required) — Destination folder ID.

### BulkFolderCopyResult

- `folder` (Folder, required)
- `source_folder_id` (string, required) — ID of the folder that was copied

### BadRequestErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, required)
- `source` (BadRequestErrorsItemsSource, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### UnauthorizedErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, required)
- `source` (UnauthorizedErrorsItemsSource, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### ForbiddenErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, required)
- `source` (ForbiddenErrorsItemsSource, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### NotFoundErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, required)
- `source` (NotFoundErrorsItemsSource, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### ConflictErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, required)
- `source` (ConflictErrorsItemsSource, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### UnprocessableContentErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, required)
- `source` (UnprocessableContentErrorsItemsSource, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### TooManyRequestsErrorsItems

- `detail` (string, required)
- `source` (TooManyRequestsErrorsItemsSource, optional)
- `title` (string, optional)

### Folder

- `created_at` (string, required) — Creation timestamp
- `id` (string, required) — File, Folder, or Version Stack ID
- `name` (string, required) — File or folder Name
- `parent_id` (string, required, nullable) — Parent Folder or Version Stack ID
- `project_id` (string, required) — Project ID
- `type` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `file`, `folder`, `version_stack`
- `updated_at` (string, required) — Update timestamp
- `view_url` (string, required) — URL to view the asset in the Frame.io web application
- `cover_file_id` (string, required, nullable) — Cover asset ID
- `restricted` (boolean, required) — Folder is restricted or not
- `adobe_id` (string, optional, nullable) — Adobe cloud storage asset identifier, when available.

### BadRequestErrorsItemsSource

- `pointer` (string, optional)

### UnauthorizedErrorsItemsSource

- `pointer` (string, optional)

### ForbiddenErrorsItemsSource

- `pointer` (string, optional)

### NotFoundErrorsItemsSource

- `pointer` (string, optional)

### ConflictErrorsItemsSource

- `pointer` (string, optional)

### UnprocessableContentErrorsItemsSource

- `pointer` (string, optional)

### TooManyRequestsErrorsItemsSource

- `pointer` (string, optional)

## Examples

### Example 1

**Request**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "folder_ids": [
      "526ea641-3ad0-4ddc-874d-ec90f2ff5640",
      "18c54ad5-3b6a-4628-9d87-194043056a93"
    ],
    "parent_id": "163c9d79-a302-4c4c-a7a1-b0ff70de4a18"
  }
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "folder": {
        "created_at": "2023-09-25T19:18:29.614189Z",
        "id": "666f17d0-6678-44fc-b355-fc8dbd0780bc",
        "name": "My Folder",
        "parent_id": "0432fd43-58ac-4488-9e93-668dc5500615",
        "project_id": "376f481a-21de-4887-935c-94d234d91431",
        "type": "folder",
        "updated_at": "2024-02-07T16:44:41.986478Z",
        "view_url": "https://next.frame.io/project/d5e6011c-2bc9-4596-be05-77d562627112/view/5a89a9fb-0900-4b23-826b-127b90e4db4c",
        "cover_file_id": "788beb87-35c5-4a1e-8f8a-c6985030e944",
        "restricted": false,
        "adobe_id": "urn:aaid:sc:US:a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890"
      },
      "source_folder_id": "8086623c-0833-4a92-8706-88267ce11a66"
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/e9f19cd4-8f09-43d2-a4fb-9dbc4db806bd/folders/copy"

payload = { "data": {
        "folder_ids": ["526ea641-3ad0-4ddc-874d-ec90f2ff5640", "18c54ad5-3b6a-4628-9d87-194043056a93"],
        "parent_id": "163c9d79-a302-4c4c-a7a1-b0ff70de4a18"
    } }
headers = {
    "api-version": "experimental",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/e9f19cd4-8f09-43d2-a4fb-9dbc4db806bd/folders/copy';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'api-version': 'experimental',
    Authorization: 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: '{"data":{"folder_ids":["526ea641-3ad0-4ddc-874d-ec90f2ff5640","18c54ad5-3b6a-4628-9d87-194043056a93"],"parent_id":"163c9d79-a302-4c4c-a7a1-b0ff70de4a18"}}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/e9f19cd4-8f09-43d2-a4fb-9dbc4db806bd/folders/copy"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"folder_ids\": [\n      \"526ea641-3ad0-4ddc-874d-ec90f2ff5640\",\n      \"18c54ad5-3b6a-4628-9d87-194043056a93\"\n    ],\n    \"parent_id\": \"163c9d79-a302-4c4c-a7a1-b0ff70de4a18\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("api-version", "experimental")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/e9f19cd4-8f09-43d2-a4fb-9dbc4db806bd/folders/copy")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["api-version"] = 'experimental'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"folder_ids\": [\n      \"526ea641-3ad0-4ddc-874d-ec90f2ff5640\",\n      \"18c54ad5-3b6a-4628-9d87-194043056a93\"\n    ],\n    \"parent_id\": \"163c9d79-a302-4c4c-a7a1-b0ff70de4a18\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/e9f19cd4-8f09-43d2-a4fb-9dbc4db806bd/folders/copy")
  .header("api-version", "experimental")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"folder_ids\": [\n      \"526ea641-3ad0-4ddc-874d-ec90f2ff5640\",\n      \"18c54ad5-3b6a-4628-9d87-194043056a93\"\n    ],\n    \"parent_id\": \"163c9d79-a302-4c4c-a7a1-b0ff70de4a18\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/e9f19cd4-8f09-43d2-a4fb-9dbc4db806bd/folders/copy', [
  'body' => '{
  "data": {
    "folder_ids": [
      "526ea641-3ad0-4ddc-874d-ec90f2ff5640",
      "18c54ad5-3b6a-4628-9d87-194043056a93"
    ],
    "parent_id": "163c9d79-a302-4c4c-a7a1-b0ff70de4a18"
  }
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'api-version' => 'experimental',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/e9f19cd4-8f09-43d2-a4fb-9dbc4db806bd/folders/copy");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("api-version", "experimental");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"folder_ids\": [\n      \"526ea641-3ad0-4ddc-874d-ec90f2ff5640\",\n      \"18c54ad5-3b6a-4628-9d87-194043056a93\"\n    ],\n    \"parent_id\": \"163c9d79-a302-4c4c-a7a1-b0ff70de4a18\"\n  }\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "api-version": "experimental",
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["data": [
    "folder_ids": ["526ea641-3ad0-4ddc-874d-ec90f2ff5640", "18c54ad5-3b6a-4628-9d87-194043056a93"],
    "parent_id": "163c9d79-a302-4c4c-a7a1-b0ff70de4a18"
  ]] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/e9f19cd4-8f09-43d2-a4fb-9dbc4db806bd/folders/copy")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```

### Example 2

**Request**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "folder_ids": [
      "526ea641-3ad0-4ddc-874d-ec90f2ff5640",
      "18c54ad5-3b6a-4628-9d87-194043056a93"
    ],
    "parent_id": "163c9d79-a302-4c4c-a7a1-b0ff70de4a18"
  }
}
```

**Response**

```json
{}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/e9f19cd4-8f09-43d2-a4fb-9dbc4db806bd/folders/copy"

payload = { "data": {
        "folder_ids": ["526ea641-3ad0-4ddc-874d-ec90f2ff5640", "18c54ad5-3b6a-4628-9d87-194043056a93"],
        "parent_id": "163c9d79-a302-4c4c-a7a1-b0ff70de4a18"
    } }
headers = {
    "api-version": "experimental",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/e9f19cd4-8f09-43d2-a4fb-9dbc4db806bd/folders/copy';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'api-version': 'experimental',
    Authorization: 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: '{"data":{"folder_ids":["526ea641-3ad0-4ddc-874d-ec90f2ff5640","18c54ad5-3b6a-4628-9d87-194043056a93"],"parent_id":"163c9d79-a302-4c4c-a7a1-b0ff70de4a18"}}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/e9f19cd4-8f09-43d2-a4fb-9dbc4db806bd/folders/copy"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"folder_ids\": [\n      \"526ea641-3ad0-4ddc-874d-ec90f2ff5640\",\n      \"18c54ad5-3b6a-4628-9d87-194043056a93\"\n    ],\n    \"parent_id\": \"163c9d79-a302-4c4c-a7a1-b0ff70de4a18\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("api-version", "experimental")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/e9f19cd4-8f09-43d2-a4fb-9dbc4db806bd/folders/copy")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["api-version"] = 'experimental'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"folder_ids\": [\n      \"526ea641-3ad0-4ddc-874d-ec90f2ff5640\",\n      \"18c54ad5-3b6a-4628-9d87-194043056a93\"\n    ],\n    \"parent_id\": \"163c9d79-a302-4c4c-a7a1-b0ff70de4a18\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/e9f19cd4-8f09-43d2-a4fb-9dbc4db806bd/folders/copy")
  .header("api-version", "experimental")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"folder_ids\": [\n      \"526ea641-3ad0-4ddc-874d-ec90f2ff5640\",\n      \"18c54ad5-3b6a-4628-9d87-194043056a93\"\n    ],\n    \"parent_id\": \"163c9d79-a302-4c4c-a7a1-b0ff70de4a18\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/e9f19cd4-8f09-43d2-a4fb-9dbc4db806bd/folders/copy', [
  'body' => '{
  "data": {
    "folder_ids": [
      "526ea641-3ad0-4ddc-874d-ec90f2ff5640",
      "18c54ad5-3b6a-4628-9d87-194043056a93"
    ],
    "parent_id": "163c9d79-a302-4c4c-a7a1-b0ff70de4a18"
  }
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'api-version' => 'experimental',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/e9f19cd4-8f09-43d2-a4fb-9dbc4db806bd/folders/copy");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("api-version", "experimental");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"folder_ids\": [\n      \"526ea641-3ad0-4ddc-874d-ec90f2ff5640\",\n      \"18c54ad5-3b6a-4628-9d87-194043056a93\"\n    ],\n    \"parent_id\": \"163c9d79-a302-4c4c-a7a1-b0ff70de4a18\"\n  }\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "api-version": "experimental",
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["data": [
    "folder_ids": ["526ea641-3ad0-4ddc-874d-ec90f2ff5640", "18c54ad5-3b6a-4628-9d87-194043056a93"],
    "parent_id": "163c9d79-a302-4c4c-a7a1-b0ff70de4a18"
  ]] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.frame.io/v4/accounts/e9f19cd4-8f09-43d2-a4fb-9dbc4db806bd/folders/copy")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```