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

# Create Folder

> Creates a folder for QR codes or pages. Requires authentication.

## Overview

Creates a new folder for QR codes or pages.

## Request Body

| Field         | Type     | Required | Description                                | Example         |
| :------------ | :------- | :------- | :----------------------------------------- | :-------------- |
| `folder_type` | `string` | Yes      | Folder type. Allowed values: `qr`, `page`. | `qr`            |
| `name`        | `string` | Yes      | Folder name.                               | `Marketing QRs` |

## Example Request

```json theme={null}
{
  "folder_type": "qr",
  "name": "Marketing QRs"
}
```

## Example Response

### ✅ **201 Created**

```json theme={null}
{
  "id": 8,
  "name": "Marketing QRs",
  "created_by": 422,
  "folder_type": "qr",
  "qr_codes_count": 0,
  "created": "2026-03-16T17:57:16.662333+05:30",
  "updated": "2026-03-16T17:57:16.662362+05:30"
}
```

## Use Cases

* **Organization**: Create folders to group QR codes or pages
* **Automation**: Provision folders programmatically for campaigns


## OpenAPI

````yaml POST /folder/
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Scanova Management API (v2)
  description: >-
    The complete Scanova Management API — every endpoint available at
    management.scanova.io (QR codes, folders, tags, leads, forms, analytics,
    plans, shared users & roles), plus the token-creation and usage-stats
    endpoints used to authenticate against it. Every path and request/response
    shape below was verified live against a real API key and the actual running
    backend (Phase 7, 2026-08-16) — not guessed from reading urls.py alone.
  version: 2.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://management.scanova.io
    description: Management API — QR/folder/tag/lead/form/analytics/plans endpoints
security:
  - apiKeyAuth: []
paths:
  /folder/:
    post:
      summary: Create a folder
      operationId: createManagedFolder
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Folder created
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: >-
        Send your Management API key as the raw value of the Authorization
        header — no "Bearer " or "Token " prefix, and no other characters.
        Example: `Authorization: 401f7ac837da42b97f613d789819ff93537bee6a`. A
        header containing more than one space-separated part is rejected
        outright. Requests also require the request's Host header to be the
        management API host (e.g. management.scanova.io) — the same key sent to
        the regular API host will not authenticate.

````