Rest API to check if folder exist inside a folder in document library

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I have a custom page to upload file to document library. For example, if there are 10 person, so inside root folder, I have 10 folder for each person, Named as per the ID of the person. So while uploading, there is a textbox where I enter the ID of that person.

Now when I click on upload button, I need to check if the folder for that person exist in root folder. If it exist, I need to upload it there.

there are many root folders, so I need to check it in all those folders for the folder of that person exist.

function getFolderToUpload()
{

$.ajax({
async: false,
        url: _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('EmployeeDocumentList')/folders?$select=Name",
        method: "GET",
        headers: { "Accept": "application/json; odata=verbose" },
        success: function (data) {
         $(data.d.results).each(function(){          {
             if(this.Name!="Forms")
             {
             CheckFolderExist();             
             }
             }
    });
},
        error: function (data) {
            alert("error checking folder exist");
        }
    });
}

By the code above, i get all the root folders, Now I need to check if a folder named test exist in any of those folders. So I wanted to ask if there is any lambda expression kind of code that I can write to search this test folder in all those folders.

Dustin Patterson · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-14 01:01:05Z

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This query will let you know if the folder exists or not:

/_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('<FolderName>/<NestedFolderName>')/Exists

The endpoint will return the 'Exists' property with a boolean value. Hope that helps!

answered Nov 14, 2020 at 1:01

Dustin Patterson

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This is the best answer to check if the folder exists inside a document library or not. Thanks for sharing !!

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– DvG

2021-06-07 10:12:47 +00:00
Commented Jun 7, 2021 at 10:12

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David Lozzi · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-16 12:00:03Z

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You can specify the full path to get the folder, i.e. GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('EmployeeDocumentList/folder/test') instead of just grabbing the root and looping through. If you don't know where the folder is you could use a CAML query or even search to find it and then get it's URL.

answered May 16, 2017 at 12:00

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Farrukh · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-24 18:07:45Z

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/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('basepath/folderName')/ListItemAllFields

...if the above returns record, folder exists, otherwise it doesn't.

answered Jun 24, 2018 at 18:07

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Ehab reda · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-26 06:40:13Z

that one worked for me

 let path = "the folder path";
    let url = _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl+`/_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('${path}')/exists`;
    $.ajax({
      url,
      method: "GET",
      headers: { "Accept": "application/json; odata=verbose" },
      success: function (data) {
        console.log(data);
        if (data.d.Exists) {
          console.log("Folder exists");
        } else {
          console.log("Folder does not exist");
        }
      },
      error: function (data) {
        console.log(data);
      }
    })

Mikołaj Wróblewski · Accepted Answer · 2025-02-12 10:14:32Z

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Fun fact: this doesn't work if you add folder with '%' in the name using AddUsingPath method. % sign will be encoded when using GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl to %25 and it doesn't get decoded on microsoft side 🤡

edited Feb 12 at 10:14

answered Feb 12 at 10:13

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