---
title: "Get User Folder Permission"
slug: "getuserfolderpermission"
updated: 2026-04-16T07:08:10Z
published: 2026-04-16T07:08:10Z
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.12dsynergy.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Get User Folder Permission

This tutorial demonstrates how to get user folder permission via RESTful API.

The commands are provided in curl and can be run from the command prompt when the 12d Synergy Server is running (or in a batch script).

> [!NOTE]
> Additional API documentation
> 
> To get a list of most of the API requests available, with the 12d Synergy server running, browse [http://synergy.myserver.com/api-docs/ui/index](http://localhost:8080/api-docs/ui/index).
> 
> (Replace [synergy.myserver.com](http://synergy.myserver.com/) with the external server address and update the port numbers if necessary.)

### 1.1. Getting the Personal Access Token to access API

The tutorial for getting the PAT is here: [Generate PAT in Web client](/v1/docs/webclientgenerateapersonalaccesstokenpatinwebclientdoc).

### 1.2. Getting User Folder Permission by Folder ID

This request is in the API documentation under Folders marked 'Get user folder permission'.

Sample Request

```json
curl --location 'http://{your-server-here}/api/v1/folders/{folder-id}/permission' \

--header 'Authorization: Bearer <your-token-here>' \

--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
```

Below is a sample response for a specific folder.

**Sample Response**

```SampleResponse
{

    "can_report": true,

    "can_create_folders": true,

    "can_create_files": true,

    "admin": true,

    "can_view": true,

    "can_read": true,

    "can_write": true,

    "can_leave_notes": true,

    "can_update_attributes": true

}
```