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# Add a design to a folder

> Puts a design in a folder. It stays in any folders it was already in.



## OpenAPI

````yaml openapi.json POST /v2/design-folders/{id}/designs
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Print.App API
  version: 2.1.0
  description: >-
    Server-to-server API for Print.App integrations: designs and their page
    content, folders, files, fonts, palettes, product assignments, projects and
    editor links. Authenticate every request with a secret key: `Authorization:
    Bearer sk_…`. Never call it from a browser.
servers:
  - url: https://api.print.app
    description: Production
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Account
    description: The account a secret key belongs to.
  - name: Designs
    description: >-
      The designs (templates) your customers start from: create them at a size,
      manage their pages, and place text, images and shapes on them.
  - name: Design folders
    description: >-
      Folders that organise your designs. A design can sit in more than one
      folder.
  - name: Files
    description: >-
      Your own images and graphics, used in designs and offered to customers in
      the editor.
  - name: Graphic folders
    description: >-
      Folders of files, shown in the editor under Pictures, Backgrounds,
      Textures or Frames.
  - name: Fonts
    description: >-
      The fonts your designs and customers can use: the built-in set, imported
      Google fonts and fonts you upload.
  - name: Palettes
    description: Colour palettes offered in the editor.
  - name: Products
    description: Which designs open for each product (and variant) in your store.
  - name: Projects
    description: Your customers' saved designs.
  - name: Links
    description: Shareable editor links that open a design or project at create.print.app.
paths:
  /v2/design-folders/{id}/designs:
    post:
      tags:
        - Design folders
      summary: Add a design to a folder
      description: Puts a design in a folder. It stays in any folders it was already in.
      operationId: addDesignToFolder
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
          description: The folder id, or `root`.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/FolderDesign'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK.
          headers:
            x-request-id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DesignFolder'
              example:
                object: design_folder
                id: folder:5f0c7a52-1e1b-4c55-9c3e-2a7d0f8e6b11
                title: Business cards
                parentId: root
                created: '2026-09-02T14:05:11Z'
                modified: '2026-10-11T08:40:27Z'
        '400':
          description: >-
            A parameter or body field is malformed: `param` names it and
            `details` lists every problem found.
          headers:
            x-request-id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              example:
                error: true
                code: invalid_request
                message: width is required.
                param: width
                requestId: FZn-uhymjoEEJow=
        '401':
          description: Missing, unknown, revoked or expired secret key.
          headers:
            x-request-id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              example:
                error: true
                code: unauthorized
                message: >-
                  Missing or invalid secret key. Send it as "Authorization:
                  Bearer sk_…".
                requestId: FZn-uhymjoEEJow=
        '403':
          description: The account is suspended for an unpaid invoice.
          headers:
            x-request-id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              example:
                error: true
                code: account_suspended
                message: >-
                  This account is suspended. Settle the outstanding invoice in
                  the Print.App dashboard.
                requestId: FZn-uhymjoEEJow=
        '404':
          description: >-
            Not found in your account. Another account's resources answer 404
            too.
          headers:
            x-request-id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              example:
                error: true
                code: not_found
                message: Not found.
                requestId: FZn-uhymjoEEJow=
        '415':
          description: The body is not JSON.
          headers:
            x-request-id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              example:
                error: true
                code: unsupported_media_type
                message: >-
                  Send the request body as JSON, with "Content-Type:
                  application/json".
                requestId: FZn-uhymjoEEJow=
        '429':
          description: >-
            Rate limited by the API gateway. Back off and retry. This response
            comes from the gateway, so its body is `{ "message": "Too Many
            Requests" }`, not the standard error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GatewayError'
              example:
                message: Too Many Requests
        '500':
          description: >-
            Something failed on our side. Retry; quote the requestId to support
            if it persists.
          headers:
            x-request-id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              example:
                error: true
                code: internal_error
                message: >-
                  Something went wrong on our side. Retry the request; if it
                  keeps failing, contact support with the requestId.
                requestId: FZn-uhymjoEEJow=
components:
  schemas:
    FolderDesign:
      title: FolderDesign
      description: A design to put in the folder.
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - designId
      properties:
        designId:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 200
          description: The `designId`.
    DesignFolder:
      title: DesignFolder
      description: A folder of designs. The top level is the folder `root`.
      type: object
      required:
        - object
        - id
        - title
        - parentId
        - created
        - modified
      properties:
        object:
          type: string
          const: design_folder
        id:
          type: string
        title:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        parentId:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: The folder it sits in; `null` for `root`.
        created:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
        modified:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          format: date-time
      examples:
        - object: design_folder
          id: folder:5f0c7a52-1e1b-4c55-9c3e-2a7d0f8e6b11
          title: Business cards
          parentId: root
          created: '2026-09-02T14:05:11Z'
          modified: '2026-10-11T08:40:27Z'
    Error:
      title: Error
      description: >-
        Every error the API itself returns. Match on `code`; `message` is for
        people and may be reworded.
      type: object
      required:
        - error
        - code
        - message
        - requestId
      properties:
        error:
          type: boolean
          const: true
        code:
          type: string
          enum:
            - unauthorized
            - account_suspended
            - invalid_request
            - not_found
            - route_not_found
            - idempotency_key_reused
            - idempotency_in_progress
            - folder_not_empty
            - builtin_folder
            - builtin_palette
            - editor_not_supported
            - design_changed
            - payload_too_large
            - unsupported_media_type
            - ops_failed
            - internal_error
            - service_unavailable
          description: >-
            `unauthorized` (401): missing, unknown, revoked or expired secret
            key. `account_suspended` (403): the account has an unpaid invoice.
            `invalid_request` (400): a parameter or body field is malformed —
            see `param` and `details`. `not_found` (404): no such resource in
            your account. `route_not_found` (404): no such endpoint.
            `idempotency_key_reused` (409): the Idempotency-Key was used for a
            different request. `idempotency_in_progress` (409): the first
            request with that key is still running. `folder_not_empty` (409):
            the folder still holds designs or folders. `builtin_folder`,
            `builtin_palette` (409): Print.App's own folders and palettes cannot
            be changed. `editor_not_supported` (409): page content can only be
            edited on accounts that use the new editor. `design_changed` (409):
            the design was saved elsewhere while the batch ran; read it again
            and retry. `payload_too_large` (413): a body or file over the limit.
            `unsupported_media_type` (415): send JSON. `ops_failed` (422): an
            operation in the batch failed, nothing was saved — see `details`.
            `internal_error` (500): retry; contact support with the `requestId`
            if it persists. `service_unavailable` (503): retry in a few seconds.
        message:
          type: string
        param:
          type: string
          description: The parameter or body field at fault, as a path (`pages[0].title`).
        details:
          type: array
          description: >-
            Every problem found, when there was more than one
            (`invalid_request`), or each operation's result (`ops_failed`).
          items:
            type: object
        requestId:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Also sent as the `x-request-id` header. Quote it when contacting
            support.
      examples:
        - error: true
          code: invalid_request
          message: limit must be an integer from 1 to 100.
          param: limit
          requestId: FZn-uhymjoEEJow=
    GatewayError:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
      description: Returned by the API gateway itself (429).
  headers:
    RequestId:
      description: Identifies the request. Quote it when contacting support.
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        A secret key from Print.App admin → Domains → Secret keys, sent as
        `Authorization: Bearer sk_…`. Server-side only.

````

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