Create new folder in SharePoint document library that has a dot at the end of its name.

The SharePoint connector has an action ‘Create new folder’ that wil give an error when the target document library has a dot at the end of its name.
There’s an alternative way to create a new folder that uses the path of the document library instead of its name.

When creating a document library I follow the best practice of creating it with a short unique name (like account number) that will be used as path, and then rename it with for example the name of a Dynamics 365 account record.

When I want to provision some folders to the document library I would obviously pick the dedicated action ‘Create new folder’ but it will give an error when the name of the document library has a dot at its end.
Let me show you with a test flow.

The dedicated action ‘Create new folder’ will give an error.

So I looked for an alternative way to create a folder in a document library with the action ‘Send an HTTP request to SharePoint’.
Reference: Working with folders and files with REST

This action is using the path of the document library and will create the folder successfully.

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