--- updatedAt: 2026-04-22T06:40:18.000Z agentTools: projectIndex: https://developers.dovetail.com/llms.txt --- # Create folder Create a new folder in your Dovetail workspace. Folders organize projects, docs, channels, and other content into a hierarchical structure. Optionally provide a `parent_folder_id` to nest the folder inside an existing folder. If omitted, the folder is created at the workspace root level. Returns the newly created folder object. > 🚧 Permissions > > Please check you have the relevant permissions required to access this resource. This may include specific permissions on the object itself or its parent, or having the correct user role if you're making updates. # OpenAPI definition ```json { "openapi": "3.0.2", "paths": { "/v1/folders": { "post": { "description": "Create a new folder in your Dovetail workspace. Folders organize projects, docs, channels, and other content into a hierarchical structure.\n\nOptionally provide a `parent_folder_id` to nest the folder inside an existing folder. If omitted, the folder is created at the workspace root level.\n\nReturns the newly created folder object.\n\n> 🚧 Permissions\n>\n> Please check you have the relevant permissions required to access this resource. This may include specific permissions on the object itself or its parent, or having the correct user role if you're making updates.\n", "summary": "Create folder", "tags": [ "Folders" ], "parameters": [], "requestBody": { "description": "Body", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "title": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 200, "description": "The folder's title.", "example": "My Folder" }, "parent_folder_id": { "type": "string", "description": "The ID of the parent folder. If omitted, the folder is created at the root level." } }, "required": [ "title" ] } } } }, "responses": { "201": { "description": "201", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "url": { "type": "string", "description": "The URL of this resource in the Dovetail web app. This field is experimental and may change without notice." }, "title": { "type": "string" }, "type": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "folder" ] }, "created_at": { "type": "string" }, "parent_folder": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "id" ], "nullable": true }, "folders": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "id" ] }, "nullable": true } }, "required": [ "id", "title", "type", "created_at", "parent_folder", "folders" ] } }, "required": [ "data" ] } } } }, "400": { "description": "400", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "errors": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "code": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "ValidationError" ] }, "title": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "Contract violation" ] }, "message": { "type": "string" }, "path": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "code", "title", "message", "path" ] } } }, "required": [ "errors" ] } } } }, "401": { "description": "401", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "errors": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "code": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "Unauthorized" ] }, "title": { "type": "string" }, "message": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "code", "title" ] } } }, "required": [ "errors" ] } } } }, "403": { "description": "403", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "errors": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "code": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "Forbidden" ] }, "title": { "type": "string" }, "message": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "code", "title" ] } } }, "required": [ "errors" ] } } } }, "404": { "description": "404", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "errors": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "code": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "NotFound" ] }, "title": { "type": "string" }, "message": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "code", "title" ] } } }, "required": [ "errors" ] } } } }, "422": { "description": "422", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "errors": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "code": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "UnprocessableContent" ] }, "title": { "type": "string" }, "message": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "code", "title", "message" ] } } }, "required": [ "errors" ] } } } }, "429": { "description": "429", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "errors": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "code": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "TooManyRequests" ] }, "title": { "type": "string" }, "message": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "code", "title" ] } } }, "required": [ "errors" ] } } } }, "500": { "description": "500", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "errors": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "code": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "InternalError" ] }, "title": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "Internal server error" ] }, "message": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "code", "title" ] } } }, "required": [ "errors" ] } } } } } } } }, "info": { "title": "Dovetail Public API", "version": "0.0.1", "description": "The Dovetail Public API provides programmatic access to your Dovetail workspace.\n\n## Core concepts\n\n- **Projects** — Containers for organizing qualitative research. They hold data, docs, highlights, tags, and insights.\n- **Data** — Documents within a project that capture raw research data such as interview transcripts, survey responses, and session recordings. Available via `/v1/data`. The legacy `/v1/notes` endpoints access the same underlying resource.\n- **Docs** — Rich-text documents for writing up research reports, sharing findings, and publishing deliverables. Docs replace the deprecated insights resource.\n- **Highlights** — Selected passages of text or time ranges in transcripts that have been marked as significant during analysis.\n- **Tags** — Labels applied to highlights to categorize findings (e.g. 'Usability Issue', 'Feature Request').\n- **Channels** — Automated AI-powered pipelines that continuously analyze high-volume customer feedback (app reviews, NPS, support tickets) into structured topics.\n- **Contacts** — People in your contacts database such as interview participants or customers.\n- **Folders** — Hierarchical containers for organizing projects, docs, channels, and other content.\n- **Files** — Attachments (images, documents, audio, video) that can be embedded in docs, data entries, or insights.\n\n## Authentication\n\nAll requests require a Bearer token in the `Authorization` header. Generate API tokens from your Dovetail workspace settings.\n\n## Base URL\n\nAll API endpoints are served under `https://dovetail.com/api`." }, "security": [ { "bearerAuth": [] } ], "components": { "securitySchemes": { "bearerAuth": { "type": "http", "scheme": "bearer" } } }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://dovetail.com/api" }, { "url": "https://dovetailapp.com/api" } ] } ```