Copy folder

Copy folder API

POST https://api.imagekit.io/v1/bulkJobs/copyFolder

This will copy one folder into another.

Headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	string	base64 encoding of your_private_api_key: Note the colon in the end.

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
sourceFolderPath	string	The full path to the source folder you want to copy. For example - /path/of/source/folder.
destinationPath	string	Full path to the destination folder where you want to copy the source folder into. For example - /path/of/destination/folder.
includeFileVersions	boolean	Option to copy all versions of files that are nested inside the selected folder. By default, only the current version of each file will be copied. When set to true, all versions of each file will be copied. Default value - false

200 On success, you will receive a jobId which can be used to get the copy operation

{
    "jobId" : "598821f949c0a938d57563bd"
}

404 If no files or folders are found at the specified sourceFolderPath then a 404 response is returned.

{
     "message" : "No files & folder found at sourceFolderPath /folder/to/copy",
     "help" : "For support kindly contact us at [e-mail] .",
     "reason" : "NO_FILES_FOLDER" 
}

Response structure and status code

In case of an error, you will get an error code along with the error message. On success, you will receive a 200 status code with JSON encoded response containing information about jobId. You can use jobId to get the status of this job using bulk job status API.

Access control and permissions

Read how access and permissions are affected by this operation here.

Examples

Here is the example request to understand the API usage.

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.imagekit.io/v1/bulkJobs/copyFolder" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-u your_private_key: -d '
{
	"sourceFolderPath" : "/folder/to/copy",
	"destinationPath" : "/folder/to/copy/into/",
        "includeFileVersions": true
}
'

Node.js

var ImageKit = require("imagekit");

var imagekit = new ImageKit({
    publicKey : "your_public_api_key",
    privateKey : "your_private_api_key",
    urlEndpoint : "https://ik.imagekit.io/your_imagekit_id/"
});

imagekit.copyFolder({
     sourceFolderPath: "/folder/to/copy",
     destinationPath: "/folder/to/copy/into/",
     includeFileVersions: false // optional
}, function(error, result) {
    if(error) console.log(error);
    else console.log(result);
});

Python

from imagekitio import ImageKit

imagekit = ImageKit(
    public_key='your_public_api_key',
    private_key='your_private_api_key',
    url_endpoint = 'https://ik.imagekit.io/your_imagekit_id/'
)

copy_folder = imagekit.copy_folder(options=CopyFolderRequestOptions(source_folder_path='/source_folder_path',
                                                                    destination_path='/destination/path',
                                                                    include_file_versions=True))

print("Copy folder-", copy_folder, end="\n\n")

# Raw Response
print(copy_folder.response_metadata.raw)

# print the job's id
print(copy_folder.job_id)

PHP

use ImageKit\ImageKit;

$public_key = "your_public_api_key";
$your_private_key = "your_private_api_key";
$url_end_point = "https://ik.imagekit.io/your_imagekit_id";

$imageKit = new ImageKit(
    $public_key,
    $your_private_key,
    $url_end_point
);

$sourceFolderPath = "/folder/to/copy";
$destinationPath = "/folder/to/copy/into/";
$includeFileVersions = false;

$copyFolder = $imageKit->copyFolder([
    'sourceFolderPath' => $sourceFolderPath,
    'destinationPath' => $destinationPath,
    'includeFileVersions' => $includeFileVersions
]);

echo("Copy Folder : " . json_encode($copyFolder));

Java

CopyFolderRequest copyFolderRequest = new CopyFolderRequest();
copyFolderRequest.setSourceFolderPath("/folder/to/copy");
copyFolderRequest.setDestinationPath("/folder/to/copy/into/");
copyFolderRequest.setIncludeFileVersions(true);
ResultOfFolderActions resultOfFolderActions = ImageKit.getInstance().copyFolder(copyFolderRequest);

Ruby

imagekitio = ImageKitIo::Client.new("your_private_key", "your_public_key", "your_url_endpoint")
imagekitio.copy_folder(
  source_folder_path: '/folder/to/copy',
  destination_path: '/folder/to/copy/into/',
  include_file_versions: false # optional
)

Go

resp, err := ik.Media.CopyFolder(ctx, media.CopyFolderParam{
    SourceFolderPath: "/folder/to/copy",
    DestinationPath: "/folder/to/copy/into/",
    IncludeVersions: false, // optional
})

.Net

var imagekit = new ImageKit({
    publicKey : "your_public_api_key",
    privateKey : "your_private_api_key",
    urlEndpoint : "https://ik.imagekit.io/your_imagekit_id/"
});
CopyFolderRequest cpyFolderRequest = new CopyFolderRequest
{
    sourceFolderPath = "/folder/to/copy",
    destinationPath = "/folder/to/copy/into/",
    includeFileVersions = false // optional
};
ResultOfFolderActions resultOfFolderActions = imagekit.CopyFolder(cpyFolderRequest);