---
title: "creates symlink files corresponding to the given directory"
method: POST
path: "/repositories/{repository}/refs/{branch}/symlink"
tags: ["internal"]
---

# creates symlink files corresponding to the given directory

`POST /repositories/{repository}/refs/{branch}/symlink`

## Response `201`

location created

- StorageURI — URI to a path in a storage provider (e.g. "s3://bucket1/path/to/object")
  - `location` string, required

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `404` — Resource Not Found
- `429` — too many requests
- `default` — Internal Server Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/treeverse/lakefs-api/revisions/4617f80bee61/schema)