Zoho Mail

Zoho Mail Folders API

Create and manage email folders

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Operations 5

GET /api/accounts/{accountId}/folders List all folders #

POST /api/accounts/{accountId}/folders Create a folder #

GET /api/accounts/{accountId}/folders/{folderId} Get folder details #

PUT /api/accounts/{accountId}/folders/{folderId} Update folder #

DELETE /api/accounts/{accountId}/folders/{folderId} Delete folder #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Zoho Mail Accounts Folders API
  description: REST API for Zoho Mail providing programmatic access to email accounts, folders, messages, threads, labels, signatures, tasks, bookmarks, notes, organization settings, domains, groups, users, mail policies, and audit logs. Supports full CRUD operations across all modules with OAuth 2.0 authentication.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Zoho Mail Support
    url: https://www.zoho.com/mail/help/
    email: support@zohomail.com
  termsOfService: https://www.zoho.com/mail/zohomail-pricing.html
  license:
    name: Zoho Terms of Service
    url: https://www.zoho.com/terms.html
servers:
- url: https://mail.zoho.com
  description: US Data Center
- url: https://mail.zoho.eu
  description: Europe Data Center
- url: https://mail.zoho.in
  description: India Data Center
- url: https://mail.zoho.com.au
  description: Australia Data Center
- url: https://mail.zoho.jp
  description: Japan Data Center
- url: https://mail.zohocloud.ca
  description: Canada Data Center
- url: https://mail.zoho.ae
  description: UAE Data Center
- url: https://mail.zoho.sa
  description: Saudi Arabia Data Center
- url: https://mail.zoho.com.cn
  description: China Data Center
security:
- OAuth2:
  - ZohoMail.messages
  - ZohoMail.accounts
  - ZohoMail.folders
  - ZohoMail.organization
tags:
- name: Folders
  description: Create and manage email folders
paths:
  /api/accounts/{accountId}/folders:
    get:
      operationId: listFolders
      summary: List all folders
      description: Retrieve all folders in an account with their IDs and metadata.
      tags:
      - Folders
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - ZohoMail.folders
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/accountId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with folder list
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                allOf:
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse'
                - properties:
                    data:
                      type: array
                      items:
                        $ref: '#/components/schemas/Folder'
    post:
      operationId: createFolder
      summary: Create a folder
      description: Create a new folder with the specified name and details.
      tags:
      - Folders
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - ZohoMail.folders
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/accountId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - folderName
              properties:
                folderName:
                  type: string
                  description: Name for the new folder
                parentFolderId:
                  type: string
                  description: Parent folder ID for creating nested folders
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Folder created successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                allOf:
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse'
                - properties:
                    data:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Folder'
  /api/accounts/{accountId}/folders/{folderId}:
    get:
      operationId: getFolder
      summary: Get folder details
      description: Fetch details for a specific folder.
      tags:
      - Folders
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - ZohoMail.folders
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/accountId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/folderId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with folder details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                allOf:
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse'
                - properties:
                    data:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Folder'
    put:
      operationId: updateFolder
      summary: Update folder
      description: Rename a folder, reposition it, enable or disable IMAP view, mark all emails as read, or delete all emails within a folder.
      tags:
      - Folders
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - ZohoMail.folders
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/accountId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/folderId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                mode:
                  type: string
                  description: 'Update mode: renameFolder, repositionFolder, enableImap, disableImap, markAllRead, deleteAllMessages'
                folderName:
                  type: string
                  description: New folder name (for renameFolder mode)
                position:
                  type: integer
                  description: New position in folder hierarchy (for repositionFolder mode)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Folder updated successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteFolder
      summary: Delete folder
      description: Delete the folder along with the emails and sub-folders.
      tags:
      - Folders
      security:
      - OAuth2:
        - ZohoMail.folders
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/accountId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/folderId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Folder deleted successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse'
components:
  parameters:
    folderId:
      name: folderId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The unique identifier for the folder.
      schema:
        type: string
    accountId:
      name: accountId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The unique identifier for the email account.
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    Folder:
      type: object
      properties:
        folderId:
          type: string
          description: Unique folder identifier
        folderName:
          type: string
          description: Name of the folder
        path:
          type: string
          description: Full folder path
        messageCount:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of messages in the folder
        unreadCount:
          type: integer
          description: Number of unread messages
    ApiResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiStatus'
        data:
          description: Response payload; structure varies by endpoint
    ApiStatus:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP-style status code
        description:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable status description
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://accounts.zoho.com/oauth/v2/auth
          tokenUrl: https://accounts.zoho.com/oauth/v2/token
          refreshUrl: https://accounts.zoho.com/oauth/v2/token
          scopes:
            ZohoMail.messages: Access email messages
            ZohoMail.accounts: Access account settings
            ZohoMail.accounts.READ: Read account details
            ZohoMail.folders: Access folders
            ZohoMail.labels: Access labels
            ZohoMail.signatures: Access signatures
            ZohoMail.tasks: Access tasks
            ZohoMail.bookmarks: Access bookmarks
            ZohoMail.notes: Access notes
            ZohoMail.organization: Access organization settings
            ZohoMail.organization.accounts: Admin access to user accounts
externalDocs:
  description: Zoho Mail API Documentation
  url: https://www.zoho.com/mail/help/api/overview.html