Search for a folder in the portal

MarceloRosensaft

Hello,

I'd like to check if a folder exists in the portal before I create it. I don't see the feature_type = 'folder' option.

Thank you in advance,

Marcelo

NikolajGrønholdt

You can user the folder property of a user. I've created an example, where I'm using my own user. I create a list with the titles of the folders, that I currently have in my content. If a folder with a given name is not found, it will be created

gis <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> GIS<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>portalURL<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> username<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> password<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

me <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> gis<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>users<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>me
my_folders <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>me<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>folders<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>

new_folder <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">'my new folder'</SPAN>

folder_list <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> <SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN>i<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'title'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">for</SPAN> i <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> my_folders<SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">if</SPAN> new_folder <SPAN class="operator token">not</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> folder_list<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
    gis<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>content<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>create_folder<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>new_folder<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

However, it is worth noting that create_folder does nothing, if the folder already exists.

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