Directory (sites and template folders)

The SafetyCulture API gives you access to list, search, create, update, and delete folders.

Each organization can only have up to 50,000 sites.

Each user can only be a member of up to 20 sites. Inherited memberships are not included.

📘 All write paths require the "Platform management: Sites" permission.

Folder (sites) Format

This section describes the complete folder response format.

Note that meta_label is different from custom labels which are used for display purposes only.
Refer to Get custom labels for more information about retrieving and using custom site labels.

Folder

{
  "folder": {
    "id": "4fb56fa8-fa23-4a9c-907e-8367abc75a2f",
    "name": "221 Sturt st",
    "org_id": "d31e24be-e7a4-4a28-a230-044f850041fc",
    "creator_id": "a3452937-9fa7-4ba2-9ffa-c3bbee3fc947",
    "created_at": "2020-04-28T04:14:31:00Z",
    "modified_at": "2020-04-28T04:14:31:00Z",
    "meta_label": "location"
  }
}
KeyTypeDescription
idStringThe folder ID
nameStringThe name of the folder
org_idStringThe ID of the creator's organisation
creator_idStringThe ID of the creator
created_atStringISO date and time when the folder was created
modified_atStringISO date and time when the folder was last modified
meta_labelStringThe label of the folder

Folder with member count

{
  "folder_with_member_count": {
    "folder": {
      "id": "4fb56fa8-fa23-4a9c-907e-8367abc75a2f",
      "name": "221 Sturt st",
      "org_id": "d31e24be-e7a4-4a28-a230-044f850041fc",
      "creator_id": "a3452937-9fa7-4ba2-9ffa-c3bbee3fc947",
      "created_at": "2020-04-28T04:14:31:00Z",
      "modified_at": "2020-04-28T04:14:31:00Z",
      "meta_label": "location"
    },
    "members_count": 5,
    "has_children": false,
    "inherited_member_count": 10,
    "depth": 3,
    "children_count": 0
  }
}
KeyTypeDescription
folderObjectThe folder object
member_countNumberThe number of users directly assigned to this folder
has_childrenBooleanWhether or not the folder has any children folders
inherited_member_countNumberThe number of inherited members (members assigned to parent folders)
depthNumberThe depth in the hierarchy starting from 1
children_countNumberThe count of children folders underneath this folder

Folder with ancestors

{
  "folder_with_ancestors": {
    "folder": {
      "id": "4fb56fa8-fa23-4a9c-907e-8367abc75a2f",
      "name": "221 Sturt st",
      "org_id": "d31e24be-e7a4-4a28-a230-044f850041fc",
      "creator_id": "a3452937-9fa7-4ba2-9ffa-c3bbee3fc947",
      "created_at": "2020-04-28T04:14:31:00Z",
      "modified_at": "2020-04-28T04:14:31:00Z",
      "meta_label": "location"
    },
    "ancestors": [
      {
        "id": "4fb56fa8-fa23-4a9c-907e-8367abc75a2d",
        "name": "Townsville",
        "org_id": "d31e24be-e7a4-4a28-a230-044f850041fc",
        "creator_id": "a3452937-9fa7-4ba2-9ffa-c3bbee3fc947",
        "created_at": "2020-04-28T04:14:31:00Z",
        "modified_at": "2020-04-28T04:14:31:00Z",
        "meta_label": "area"
      },
      {
        "id": "4fb56fa8-fa23-4a9c-907e-8367abc75a2c",
        "name": "Queensland",
        "org_id": "d31e24be-e7a4-4a28-a230-044f850041fc",
        "creator_id": "a3452937-9fa7-4ba2-9ffa-c3bbee3fc947",
        "created_at": "2020-04-28T04:14:31:00Z",
        "modified_at": "2020-04-28T04:14:31:00Z",
        "meta_label": "region"
      }
    ],
    "members_count": 5
  }
}
KeyTypeDescription
folderArrayThe folder object
ancestorsArrayAn array of parent folder objects (ordered from closest relation to furthest)
members_countNumberThe number of users directly assigned to this folder

Folder with parent

{
  "folder": {
    "id": "4fb56fa8-fa23-4a9c-907e-8367abc75a2f",
    "name": "221 Sturt st",
    "org_id": "d31e24be-e7a4-4a28-a230-044f850041fc",
    "creator_id": "a3452937-9fa7-4ba2-9ffa-c3bbee3fc947",
    "created_at": "2020-04-28T04:14:31:00Z",
    "modified_at": "2020-04-28T04:14:31:00Z",
    "meta_label": "location"
  },
  "parent_id": "4fb56fa8-fa23-4a9c-907e-8367abc75a2d",
  "depth": 3,
  "member_count": 5
}
KeyTypeDescription
folderObjectThe folder object
parent_idStringThe UUID of the parent folder; folders with no parent will use a Nil/Empty UUID
depthNumberThe depth in the hierarchy starting from 1
members_countNumberThe number of users directly assigned to this folder

Folder order by

{
  "sort_order": 1
}
KeyTypeDescription
sort_orderNumberThe sort order where 1 is ascending and 2 is descending

Folder filter

Folders can be filtered using an array of meta_label and folder_id filter objects.

  • If meta-label object(s) and folder-id object(s) are used together, folders will be filtered using an AND operation.
  • If multiple meta-label objects are used, folder meta-labels will be filtered using an OR operation.
  • If multiple folder-id objects are used, folder ID's will be filtered using an OR operation.

Examples can be seen here.

meta_label filter object

{
  "not": false,
  "meta_label": "location"
}
KeyTypeDescription
notBoolean(required) Whether to include or exclude the filter. {"not": false} would mean include.
meta_labelString(required) A meta_label to include or exclude from the results; e.g. location

folder_id filter object

{
  "not": false,
  "folder_id": "4fb56fa8-fa23-4a9c-907e-8367abc75a2d"
}
KeyTypeDescription
notBoolean(required) Whether to include or exclude the filter. {"not": false} would mean include.
folder_idString(required) A meta_label to include or exclude from the results; e.g. 4fb56fa8-fa23-4a9c-907e-8367abc75a2d