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metadata:
  - name: generator
    content: Diplodoc Platform v5.44.0
alternate:
  - https://yandex.com/dev/disk/doc/en/reference/mkcol.md
  - https://yandex.com/dev/disk/doc/ru/reference/mkcol.md
---
> **Documentation Index:** Fetch the complete configuration index at https://yandex.com/dev/disk/doc/en/llms.txt

# Creating a directory (MKCOL)

Use the [MKCOL](http://www.webdav.org/specs/rfc4918.html#METHOD_MKCOL) method to create a new directory on Yandex Disk.

According to the protocol, only one directory can be created as the result of a single request. If the application sends a request to create the ##/a/b/c/## directory, but the ##/a/## directory does not contain a ##/b/## directory, the service will not create the ##/b/## directory, and will respond with the code `409 Conflict`.

> The application creates the ##/b/## directory inside the ##/a/## directory, which is located in the Yandex Disk root directory.
>
> ```yaml
> MKCOL /a/b/ HTTP/1.1
> Host: webdav.yandex.ru
> Accept: */*
> Authorization: OAuth 0c4181a7c2cf4521964a72ff57a34a07
> ```
>
> If the ##/a/## directory exists and the ##/b/## directory was created successfully, the following response is returned:
>
> ```yaml
> HTTP/1.1 201 Created
> Content-Length: 0
> ```