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renamefolder

Name

renamefolder

Auth

yes

Description

Renames (and/or moves) a folder identified by folderid or path to either topath (if topath is a existing folder to place source folder without new name for the folder it MUST end with slash - /newpath/) or tofolderid/toname (one or both can be provided).

URL

https://api.pcloud.com/renamefolder

Output

Returns metadata of the renamed folder.

Example

{
    "result": 0,
    "metadata": {
        "parentfolderid": 0,
        "id": "d230807",
        "modified": "Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:23:35 +0000",
        "thumb": false,
        "created": "Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:11:53 +0000",
        "folderid": 230807,
        "ismine": true,
        "isshared": false,
        "isfolder": true,
        "name": "Simple Folder",
        "icon": "folder"
    }
}

Errors

CodeDescription
1000Log in required.
1002No full path or folderid provided.
1017Invalid 'folderid' provided.
1037Please provide at least one of 'topath', 'tofolderid' or 'toname'.
2000Log in failed.
2001Invalid file/folder name.
2003Access denied. You do not have permissions to preform this operation.
2004File or folder alredy exists.
2005Directory does not exist.
2008User is over quota.
2023You are trying to place shared folder into another shared folder.
2042Cannot rename the root folder.
2043Cannot move a folder to a subfolder of itself.
4000Too many login tries from this IP address.
5000Internal error. Try again later.
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