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Google Cloud Platform Folders API

Manage Google Cloud folders. Folders provide an additional grouping mechanism and isolation boundary between projects. They can be used to model organizational structure, departments, teams, or environments.

Google Cloud Platform Folders API is one of 7 APIs that Google Cloud Platform publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Folders. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, pricing, a getting-started guide, rate-limit docs, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 8 operations across 5 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v3.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com.

8 operations 5 paths 7 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET1 PATCH3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v3
Base URL
https://compute.googleapis.com
Authentication
OAuth 2.0, API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Google Cloud Platform Folders API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 2 scopes. An API key is passed in the query as key (apiKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oauth2 — OAuth 2.0 authentication using Google Cloud service accounts or user credentials. Supports both service-to-service and end-user authentication flows.
  • apiKey — API key for identifying the calling project.

Paths & Operations 8

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 PATCH, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Folders 8

Manage Google Cloud folders. Folders provide an additional grouping mechanism and isolation boundary between projects. They can be used to model organizational structure, departme…

GET
/v3/folders
Google Cloud Platform List Folders
cloudresourcemanager.folders.list 4 params → 200400401403
POST
/v3/folders
Google Cloud Platform Create a Folder
cloudresourcemanager.folders.create body → 200400401403
GET
/v3/folders/{folderId}
Google Cloud Platform Get a Folder
cloudresourcemanager.folders.get 1 param → 200401403404
PATCH
/v3/folders/{folderId}
Google Cloud Platform Update a Folder
cloudresourcemanager.folders.patch 2 params body → 200400401403404
DELETE
/v3/folders/{folderId}
Google Cloud Platform Delete a Folder
cloudresourcemanager.folders.delete 1 param → 200401403404
POST
/v3/folders/{folderId}:undelete
Google Cloud Platform Undelete a Folder
cloudresourcemanager.folders.undelete 1 param body → 200401403404
POST
/v3/folders/{folderId}:move
Google Cloud Platform Move a Folder
cloudresourcemanager.folders.move 1 param body → 200400401403
GET
/v3/folders:search
Google Cloud Platform Search Folders
cloudresourcemanager.folders.search 3 params → 200400401

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Folder (8 properties), Operation (5 properties), Status (3 properties), SearchFoldersResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ListFoldersResponse
object
Response message for listing folders.
2 properties
Folder
object
A folder in the Google Cloud resource hierarchy. Folders can contain projects and other folders, allowing users to group resources and apply policies hierarchi…
8 properties
MoveFolderRequest
object
Request message for moving a folder.
1 property 1 required
UndeleteFolderRequest
object
Request message for undeleting a folder.
Operation
object
Represents a long-running operation that is the result of a network API call. Many Resource Manager operations are asynchronous and return an Operation that ca…
5 properties
Status
object
The Status type defines a logical error model that is suitable for REST APIs. It is used to communicate error details from the API.
3 properties
SearchFoldersResponse
object
Response message for searching folders.
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

google-cloud-platform-folders-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Google Cloud Platform publishes across the network.

Google Cloud Platform Operations API
Google Cloud Platform Organizations API
Google Cloud Platform Projects API
Google Cloud Platform TagBindings API
Google Cloud Platform TagKeys API
Google Cloud Platform TagValues API
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