---
title: "Service: /groups/{group}/folders/create [POST] (obsolete)"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/reference/version_5/services/create-group-folder-POST.html
description: "Create a group folder"
last_updated: 2026-09-08T13:58:47+10:00
tokens: ~405
---

# /groups/\{group\}/folders/create \[POST\]

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Path: | /groups/{group}/folders/create |
| Method: | POST |
| Generator: | obsolete |
| Version: |  |
| Since: |  |
| Deprecated: | 5.7900 |
| Obsolete: | 6.0000 |
| Cache control: | N/A |
| API Support: | OBSOLETE |
| Generated: | 2022-07-01 |

## Description

Create a new group folder (also known as GroupURI) with the URL specified in the request.

> **Deprecated:** This URL has been deprecated in PageSeeder 5.6 and has been scheduled to be removed. Use [Service: /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\}/groupfolders \[POST\]](../../../api/services/groupfolders_post.md) instead.

 

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| url | the url of the group folder (/\* suffix is added automatically) | yes | string |  |
| public | if true also add to public group | no | boolean | `false` |

## Permission

This service requires administrator.

## Response

This service returns the group folder that was created as a `<groupfolder>` element wrapped in a `<groupfolder-creation>` element.

```xml

<groupfolder-creation>
  <groupfolder id="[groupuri id]"
               scheme="[scheme]"
               host="[host]"
               port="[port]"
               path="[path]"
               external="[true|false]"
               public="[true|false]"  />
</groupfolder-creation>
```

## Error Handling

| Code | Cause / Description |
| --- | --- |
| 0x1401 | If the url is invalid |
| 0x1402 | If the host is unknown |
| 0x1403 | If the group folder URL already exists in group |