---
title: "🛡️ Seed the file system with mock music folders and files."
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/index/seed/fs"
tags: ["Indexing"]
---

# 🛡️ Seed the file system with mock music folders and files.

`POST /api/v1/index/seed/fs`

<h3>🛡️ Requires Capabilities: <code>Indexing.Operate</code></h3>

## Query parameters

- `artists` string, required

## Response `201`

## Other responses

- `401` — Possible reasons: The authorization token is invalid.
- `403` — Possible reasons: The user does not have sufficent capabilities.

---

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