Create folder

This API enables you to create a new folder at root or inside another folder. You would need to send an

HTTP POST request to https://dev.vdocipher.com/api/videos/folders.

The POST request body should include parent folder ID, and folder name:

{
  "name": "{{folderName}}",
  "parent": "{{parentFolderID}}"
}

note

Folder ID for root folder is root.

Sample Code for Creating a folder

The sample folder name is written as {{folderName}}. Replace this with the desired folder name.

The sample parent folder ID is written as {{parentFolderID}}. Replace this with the desired parent folder ID.

The sample API Secret Key is a1b2c3d4e5.

CURL

curl -X POST \
  https://dev.vdocipher.com/api/videos/folders \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Apisecret a1b2c3d4e5' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "name": "{{folderName}}",
  "parent": "{{parentFolderID}}"
}'

NODE

var request = require('request');

var options = {
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://dev.vdocipher.com/api/videos/folders',
  headers: {
    'Accept': 'application/json',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'Apisecret a1b2c3d4e5',
  },
  body: {
    name: '{{folderName}}',
    parent: '{{parentFolderID}}',
  },
  json: true,
};

request(options, function (error, response, body) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);

  console.log(body);
});

PHP

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://dev.vdocipher.com/api/videos/folders",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    "name" => "{{folderName}}",
    "parent" => "{{parentFolderID}}"
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    "Accept: application/json",
    "Authorization: Apisecret a1b2c3d4e5",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

C#

var client = new RestClient("https://dev.vdocipher.com/api/videos/folders");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Accept", "application/json");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Apisecret a1b2c3d4e5");
request.AddParameter("undefined", "{\"name\": \"{{folderName}}\",\"parent\": \"{{parentFolderID}}\"}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

Python

import requests
import json

url = "https://dev.vdocipher.com/api/videos/folders"
payload = json.dumps({
  "name": "{{folderName}}",
  "parent": "{{parentFolderID}}"
})
headers = {
  'Authorization': "Apisecret a1b2c3d4e5",
  'Content-Type': "application/json",
  'Accept': "application/json"
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, data=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

Ruby

require 'uri'
require 'json'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://dev.vdocipher.com/api/videos/folders")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Apisecret a1b2c3d4e5'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request["Accept"] = 'application/json'
request.body = ({
  :name => "{{folderName}}",
  :parent => "{{parentFolderID}}"
}).to_json

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

Sample Response from API

{
  "id": "50d30b04273cxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "parent": null,
  "name": "Sample Folder",
  "videosCount": 0,
  "foldersCount": 0
}