> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.omni.co/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get folder

> Retrieve a single folder by its ID. Owner and permission information is returned separately by the [Get folder permissions](/api/folder-permissions/get-folder-permissions) endpoint.

The calling user must have access to the specified folder or the API will return an error. 




## OpenAPI

````yaml /api/openapi.yaml get /v1/folders/{folderId}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Omni API
  description: >
    The Omni REST API provides programmatic access to your Omni instance for
    managing users, documents, queries, schedules, and more.  
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Omni Support
    url: https://docs.omni.co
servers:
  - url: https://{instance}.omniapp.co/api
    description: Production
    variables:
      instance:
        default: blobsrus
        description: Your production Omni instance subdomain
  - url: https://{instance}.playground.exploreomni.dev/api
    description: Playground
    variables:
      instance:
        default: blobsrus
        description: Your playground Omni instance subdomain
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
  - orgApiKey: []
tags:
  - name: Who Am I
    description: Inspect your own user permissions
  - name: AI
    description: AI-powered query generation
  - name: AI Credit Controls
    description: Manage organization-level AI credit usage
  - name: AI Credit Usage
    description: Monitor AI credit usage
  - name: AI Evals
    description: >-
      Manage prompt sets and runs used to score AI quality against curated
      prompt suites.
  - name: AI Model Suggestions
    description: Manage AI-generated suggestions for shared models
  - name: AI Routines
    description: >-
      Manage Routines, which are scheduled, recurring AI-powered tasks that run
      automatically on your data
  - name: Apps
    description: Draft and publish app documents.
  - name: App downloads
    description: Download apps as PNG, PDF, XLSX, or CSV files
  - name: Documents v2
    description: >
      A draft-based workflow for creating and editing documents: create a
      document, patch a draft, then publish.
  - name: Documents
    description: Create, retrieve, and manage documents
  - name: API Tokens
    description: >-
      Manage API tokens (Organization keys, Personal Access Tokens, MCP OAuth
      grants)
  - name: IP Allowlist
    description: Manage the organization's IP allowlist
  - name: Connections
    description: Manage database connections
  - name: Connection environments
    description: Manage connection environments database connections
  - name: Color Palettes
    description: Manage custom chart color palettes
  - name: Content
    description: Unified content retrieval (documents and folders)
  - name: Content migration
    description: Export and import dashboards
  - name: Content validator
    description: Validate content against models and perform find/replace operations
  - name: Dashboard downloads
    description: Download dashboards and tiles as PDF, PNG, XLSX, CSV, or JSON files
  - name: Dashboard filters and controls
    description: Read and update dashboard filter and control default values
  - name: dbt
    description: Manage dbt configuration for connections
  - name: Document favorites
    description: Favorite and unfavorite documents
  - name: Document labels
    description: Apply and manage labels on documents
  - name: Document permissions
    description: Manage document-level access
  - name: Embed
    description: Manage embed sessions
  - name: Labels
    description: |
      Manage labels in the organization
  - name: Folders
    description: Create and organize content folders
  - name: Folder favorites
    description: Favorite and unfavorite folders
  - name: Folder labels
    description: Apply and manage labels on folders
  - name: Folder permissions
    description: Manage folder-level access
  - name: Jobs
    description: Check status of asynchronous jobs
  - name: Models
    description: Create and manage data models
  - name: Model branches
    description: Manage model branches and merge changes
  - name: Model git configuration
    description: Manage git configuration for shared models
  - name: Queries
    description: Execute workbook queries
  - name: Schedules
    description: Create and manage scheduled tasks
  - name: Schedule recipients
    description: Manage schedule recipients
  - name: Schema refresh schedules
    description: Manage automated schema refresh schedules for connections
  - name: Skills
    description: >-
      Manage skills, the saved slash-command instructions the Omni AI assistant
      runs
  - name: Topics
    description: Retrieve topic information from models
  - name: Uploads
    description: Manage file uploads
  - name: Users
    description: Manage users
  - name: User attributes
    description: Manage user attribute definitions
  - name: User groups
    description: Manage user groups
  - name: User model roles
    description: Manage model and connection role assignments for users
  - name: User group model roles
    description: Manage model and connection role assignments for user groups
  - name: Uploads
    description: Manage CSV and spreadsheet uploads
paths:
  /v1/folders/{folderId}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Folders
      summary: Get folder
      description: >
        Retrieve a single folder by its ID. Owner and permission information is
        returned separately by the [Get folder
        permissions](/api/folder-permissions/get-folder-permissions) endpoint.


        The calling user must have access to the specified folder or the API
        will return an error. 
      operationId: getFolder
      parameters:
        - name: folderId
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          description: >-
            The UUID of the folder to retrieve. Use the [List
            folders](/api/folders/list-folders) endpoint to retrieve folder IDs.
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/userId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested folder
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: string
                    format: uuid
                    description: Unique identifier for the folder
                  name:
                    type: string
                    description: Display name of the folder
                  path:
                    type: string
                    description: Full path to the folder, including parent folders
                  url:
                    type: string
                    description: URL to view the folder in Omni
                  breadcrumbRoot:
                    type: boolean
                    description: Whether breadcrumbs for content in this folder start here
                  labels:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                    description: Labels applied to the folder
                required:
                  - id
                  - name
                  - path
                  - url
                  - breadcrumbRoot
                  - labels
              examples:
                success:
                  summary: Folder found
                  value:
                    id: 3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a
                    name: Q1 Reports
                    path: sales-reports/q1-reports
                    url: https://{instance}.omniapp.co/f/sales-reports/q1-reports
                    breadcrumbRoot: false
                    labels:
                      - finance
        '400':
          description: |
            Bad Request

            Possible error messages:

            - `folderId` is not a valid UUID
            - `userId` is not a valid UUID
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError400'
        '401':
          description: Authentication required
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError401'
        '403':
          description: |
            Forbidden

            Possible error messages:

            - A personal access token named a `userId` other than its own
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError403'
        '404':
          description: >
            Not Found


            Possible error messages:


            - `Folder with id <folderId> does not exist` - Also returned when
            the folder exists but the caller, or the user named by `userId`,
            cannot view it

            - `userId` does not match a member of the organization
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError404'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  parameters:
    userId:
      name: userId
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
      required: false
      description: >
        **Organization API key required.** The membership ID of the user to act
        as.
      in: query
  schemas:
    ApiError400:
      type: object
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message describing what went wrong.
        status:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code of the error.
          example: 400
      required:
        - detail
        - status
    ApiError401:
      type: object
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message describing what went wrong.
          example: 'Unauthorized: Missing or invalid API key'
        status:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code of the error.
          example: 401
      required:
        - detail
        - status
    ApiError403:
      type: object
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message describing what went wrong.
        status:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code of the error.
          example: 403
      required:
        - detail
        - status
    ApiError404:
      type: object
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message describing what went wrong.
        status:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code of the error.
          example: 404
      required:
        - detail
        - status
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: HTTP response code for the error
          example: <response_code>
        message:
          type: string
          description: Detailed error description
          example: <error_reason>
  responses:
    TooManyRequests:
      description: Too Many Requests - Rate limit exceeded (60 requests/minute)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >
        Can be either an [Organization API
        Key](/api/authentication#organization-api-keys) or [Personal Access
        Token (PAT)](/api/authentication#token-types).


        Include in the `Authorization` header as: `Bearer YOUR_TOKEN`
    orgApiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >
        Requires an [Organization API
        Key](/api/authentication#organization-api-keys). Personal Access Tokens
        (PATs) are not supported for this endpoint.


        Include in the `Authorization` header as: `Bearer ORGANIZATION_API_KEY`

````

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