How to perform Folder Operations using SharePoint HTTP Actions in Power Automate

In this guide, we will learn how to create, rename, and delete folders in a SharePoint Document Library using the Send an HTTP Request to SharePoint action in Power Automate.

Goal

• As i have already created folder named Agreements under root folder (Shared Documents), so i will perform operations in Agreements folder.

Stepwise Implementation

1 - Create a flow from Power Automate

• Go to Microsoft Power Automate

• Click Create

• Choose a trigger (for example i have used instant, you can choose any based on your requirements)

2 - Add SharePoint HTTP Action

• Click New Step

• Search for SharePoint

• Select Send an HTTP request to SharePoint

3 - Create folder in Document library.

• I am creating folder in Agreements folder so base url will be:

_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('Shared Documents/Agreements')/folders/add('Test')

• Here, add() is the function used to create a folder.

• Where 'Test' is folder name to be created.

4 - Rename folder

• I will be renaming newly created folder 'Test' to 'Test-renamed'

_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('Shared Documents/Agreements/Test')/ListItemAllFields

• It will list item object from folder.

• This JSON body is used in SharePoint REST API (often in Power Automate) to update folder properties, especially when renaming a folder.

5 - Delete folder

• I will delete renamed folder.

_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('Shared Documents/Agreements/Test-Renamed')

Conclusion

We learnt that by using the SharePoint HTTP action, we can manage folder operations in a Document Library in Microsoft Power Automate.