---
title: "Get folder children by folder ID"
method: GET
path: "/folders/{folder_id}"
tags: ["Browsing, Indexes and Lists"]
---

# Get folder children by folder ID

`GET /folders/{folder_id}`

Return children of a parent folder object by ID **Ampache 8.0.0+**

## Path parameters

- `folder_id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `add` string, date
- `update` string, date
- `offset` integer
- `limit` integer
- `cond` string
- `sort` string

## Response `200`

Children of a parent folder resolved by object ID.

- FolderBrowseResponse
  - `total_count` integer, required
  - `md5` string, required
  - `folder` FolderBrowseNode, required — The folder that was browsed, and its children. `parent` is the id of the folder this one hangs off: a top level folder reports the virtual root (`-1`) rather than nothing, so a client can always walk up, and `null` means this is the virtual root itself.
    - `id` string, required
    - `title` string, nullable, required
    - `parent` string, nullable, required — The id of the folder this one hangs off. A top level folder reports the virtual root (`-1`) rather than nothing, so a client can always walk up; `null` means this is the virtual root itself.
    - `path` string, nullable, required
    - `catalog` string, required
    - `items` FolderBrowseItem[], required
      - `id` string, required
      - `object_type` 'folder' | 'podcast_episode' | 'song' | 'video', required
      - `title` string, nullable, required
      - `parent` string, required — The id of the folder being browsed, so an item lifted out of the list still knows where it came from. Always present -- `-1` when the parent is the virtual root.
      - `path` string, nullable, required
      - `art` string, nullable, required
      - `has_art` boolean, required
      - `play_url` string, required
      - `rating` integer, nullable, required
      - `averagerating` integer, nullable, required

## Other responses

- `400` — HTTP 400 Bad Request (errors 4705, 4710).
- `401` — HTTP 401 Unauthorized (error 4701).
- `403` — HTTP 403 Forbidden (errors 4700, 4703, 4742).
- `404` — HTTP 404 Not Found (error 4704).
- `500` — HTTP 500 Internal Server Error (error 4702).

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