---
title: "Set a folder's properties"
description: "Replaces a folder's properties, and optionally its views."
canonical_url: https://docs.markdrop.in/api/properties/set-a-folder-s-properties
last_updated: 2026-11-04
site: "Markdrop Docs"
index: https://docs.markdrop.in/llms.txt
---

# Set a folder's properties

`PUT https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_id}/folders/{folder_id}/properties`

Replaces a folder's properties, and optionally its views. Members and admins. Pages' values never change: a property you leave out keeps its values, hidden.

- **Authentication:** API token required: `Authorization: Bearer mdk_…`.
- **Rate limit:** 60 per minute per IP address.
- **MCP tool:** `set_folder_properties` ([tools](https://docs.markdrop.in/ai/tools))
- **Guide:** [Properties and views](https://docs.markdrop.in/pages/properties-and-views)

## Path parameters

- `workspace_id` (string, required): The workspace's id, from the address of its settings page (`markdrop.in/settings/workspaces/<workspace-id>`) or from [List workspaces](https://docs.markdrop.in/api/workspaces/list-workspaces).
- `folder_id` (string, required): The folder's id, from [List folders](https://docs.markdrop.in/api/folders/list-folders).

## Request body

`application/json`, required.

- `properties` (array of object, required): The whole schema: up to 30 properties, each `{name, type, options?}` (`key` optional; made from the name). Types: `select`, `multi_select`, `person`, `date`, `text`, `link`, `number` and `checkbox`. Up to 30 items.
- `views` (array of object): Also replace the saved views. Up to 20 items.
- `base_rev` (integer): The `rev` you read. If someone changed the schema since, the answer is `409` instead of overwriting it.

## Responses

- `200`: OK.
- `401`: No token, or the token is revoked or mistyped.
- `409`: Someone changed the properties since your `base_rev`.
- `422`: The request didn't validate. `detail` lists each problem, with where it is (`loc`) and why (`msg`).
- `429`: Too many requests from your IP address. Wait the seconds in `Retry-After`.

## Examples

**curl**

```bash
curl -X PUT https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/workspaces/WORKSPACE_ID/folders/FOLDER_ID/properties \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MARKDROP_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
       "properties": [
         {
           "name": "Status",
           "type": "select",
           "options": [
             "Draft",
             "Done"
           ]
         }
       ]
     }'
```

**JavaScript**

```javascript
const res = await fetch("https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/workspaces/WORKSPACE_ID/folders/FOLDER_ID/properties", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MARKDROP_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "properties": [
      {
        "name": "Status",
        "type": "select",
        "options": [
          "Draft",
          "Done"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }),
});
const data = await res.json();
```

**Python**

```python
import os

import requests

r = requests.put(
    "https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/workspaces/WORKSPACE_ID/folders/FOLDER_ID/properties",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['MARKDROP_TOKEN']}"},
    json={
        "properties": [
            {
                "name": "Status",
                "type": "select",
                "options": ["Draft", "Done"],
            },
        ],
    },
)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json())
```