Creates a new folder. Only applicable to buckets with hierarchical namespace enabled.

Scopes

You will need authorization for at least one of the following scopes to make a valid call:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.full_control
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.read_write

If unset, the scope for this method defaults to https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform. You can set the scope for this method like this: storage1 --scope <scope> folders insert ...

Required Scalar Argument

  • <bucket> (string)
    • Name of the bucket in which the folder resides.

Required Request Value

The request value is a data-structure with various fields. Each field may be a simple scalar or another data-structure. In the latter case it is advised to set the field-cursor to the data-structure's field to specify values more concisely.

For example, a structure like this:

Folder:
  bucket: string
  create-time: string
  id: string
  kind: string
  metageneration: string
  name: string
  pending-rename-info:
    operation-id: string
  self-link: string
  update-time: string

can be set completely with the following arguments which are assumed to be executed in the given order. Note how the cursor position is adjusted to the respective structures, allowing simple field names to be used most of the time.

  • -r . bucket=nonumy
    • The name of the bucket containing this folder.
  • create-time=et
    • The creation time of the folder in RFC 3339 format.
  • id=sanctus
    • The ID of the folder, including the bucket name, folder name.
  • kind=accusam
    • The kind of item this is. For folders, this is always storage#folder.
  • metageneration=tempor
    • The version of the metadata for this folder. Used for preconditions and for detecting changes in metadata.
  • name=sed
    • The name of the folder. Required if not specified by URL parameter.

  • pending-rename-info operation-id=est

    • The ID of the rename folder operation.

  • .. self-link=takimata

    • The link to this folder.
  • update-time=dolor
    • The modification time of the folder metadata in RFC 3339 format.

About Cursors

The cursor position is key to comfortably set complex nested structures. The following rules apply:

  • The cursor position is always set relative to the current one, unless the field name starts with the . character. Fields can be nested such as in -r f.s.o .
  • The cursor position is set relative to the top-level structure if it starts with ., e.g. -r .s.s
  • You can also set nested fields without setting the cursor explicitly. For example, to set a value relative to the current cursor position, you would specify -r struct.sub_struct=bar.
  • You can move the cursor one level up by using ... Each additional . moves it up one additional level. E.g. ... would go three levels up.

Optional Output Flags

The method's return value a JSON encoded structure, which will be written to standard output by default.

  • -o out
    • out specifies the destination to which to write the server's result to. It will be a JSON-encoded structure. The destination may be - to indicate standard output, or a filepath that is to contain the received bytes. If unset, it defaults to standard output.

Optional Method Properties

You may set the following properties to further configure the call. Please note that -p is followed by one or more key-value-pairs, and is called like this -p k1=v1 k2=v2 even though the listing below repeats the -p for completeness.

  • -p recursive=boolean
    • If true, any parent folder which doesn’t exist will be created automatically.

Optional General Properties

The following properties can configure any call, and are not specific to this method.

  • -p alt=string

    • Data format for the response.

  • -p fields=string

    • Selector specifying which fields to include in a partial response.

  • -p key=string

    • API key. Your API key identifies your project and provides you with API access, quota, and reports. Required unless you provide an OAuth 2.0 token.

  • -p oauth-token=string

    • OAuth 2.0 token for the current user.

  • -p pretty-print=boolean

    • Returns response with indentations and line breaks.

  • -p quota-user=string

    • An opaque string that represents a user for quota purposes. Must not exceed 40 characters.

  • -p upload-type=string

    • Upload protocol for media (e.g. "media", "multipart", "resumable").

  • -p user-ip=string

    • Deprecated. Please use quotaUser instead.