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Resource Manager API, gRPC: FolderService.Create

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Updated at May 27, 2026

Creates a folder in the specified cloud.

gRPC request

rpc Create (CreateFolderRequest) returns (operation.Operation)

CreateFolderRequest

{
  "cloud_id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "labels": "map<string, string>"
}

Field

Description

cloud_id

string

Required field. ID of the cloud to create a folder in.
To get the cloud ID, use a yandex.cloud.resourcemanager.v1.CloudService.List request.

The maximum string length in characters is 50.

name

string

Required field. Name of the folder.
The name must be unique within the cloud.

Value must match the regular expression [a-z]([-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?.

description

string

Description of the folder.

The maximum string length in characters is 256.

labels

object (map<string, string>)

Resource labels as key:value pairs.

The maximum string length in characters for each value is 63. The string length in characters for each key must be 1-63. Each key must match the regular expression [a-z][-_0-9a-z]*. Each value must match the regular expression [-_0-9a-z]*. No more than 64 per resource.

operation.Operation

{
  "id": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "created_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "created_by": "string",
  "modified_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "done": "bool",
  "metadata": "google.protobuf.Any",
  // Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`
  "error": "google.rpc.Status",
  "response": "google.protobuf.Any"
  // end of the list of possible fields
}

An Operation resource. For more information, see Operation.

Field

Description

id

string

ID of the operation.

description

string

Description of the operation. 0-256 characters long.

created_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

Creation timestamp.

created_by

string

ID of the user or service account who initiated the operation.

modified_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

The time when the Operation resource was last modified.

done

bool

If the value is false, it means the operation is still in progress.
If true, the operation is completed, and either error or response is available.

metadata

google.protobuf.Any

Service-specific metadata associated with the operation.
It typically contains the ID of the target resource that the operation is performed on.
Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the metadata type, if any.

error

google.rpc.Status

The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation.

Includes only one of the fields error, response.

The operation result.
If done == false and there was no failure detected, neither error nor response is set.
If done == false and there was a failure detected, error is set.
If done == true, exactly one of error or response is set.

response

google.protobuf.Any

The normal response of the operation in case of success.
If the original method returns no data on success, such as Delete,
the response is google.protobuf.Empty.
If the original method is the standard Create/Update,
the response should be the target resource of the operation.
Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the response type, if any.

Includes only one of the fields error, response.

The operation result.
If done == false and there was no failure detected, neither error nor response is set.
If done == false and there was a failure detected, error is set.
If done == true, exactly one of error or response is set.
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