Content Management API > Upload Collection

Create a new upload collection

Body parameters

id string Optional

RFC 4122 UUID of upload collection expressed in URL-safe base64 format

Example:

"uinr2zfqQLeCo_1O0-ao-Q"

type string Required

Must be exactly "upload_collection". JSON API type field

attributes.label string Required

The label of the upload collection

Example:

"Posts"

attributes.position integer Optional

Ordering index

Example:

relationships.parent.data Optional

Parent upload collection

Type: null, ResourceLinkage<"upload_collection">

Returns

Returns a resource object of type upload_collection.

Examples

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POST https://site-api.datocms.com/upload-collections HTTP/1.1
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Authorization: Bearer YOUR-API-TOKEN
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Accept: application/json
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X-Api-Version: 3
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Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json
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{
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  "data": {
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    "type": "upload_collection",
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    "attributes": {
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      "label": "Posts"
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    }
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  }
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}

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curl -g 'https://site-api.datocms.com/upload-collections' \
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  -X POST \
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  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-API-TOKEN" \
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  -H "Accept: application/json" \
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  -H "X-Api-Version: 3" \
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  -H "Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json" \
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  --data-binary '{"data":{"type":"upload_collection","attributes":{"label":"Posts"}}}'

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await fetch("https://site-api.datocms.com/upload-collections", {
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  method: "POST",
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  headers: {
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    Authorization: "Bearer YOUR-API-TOKEN",
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    Accept: "application/json",
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    "X-Api-Version": "3",
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    "Content-Type": "application/vnd.api+json",
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  },
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  body: JSON.stringify({
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    data: { type: "upload_collection", attributes: { label: "Posts" } },
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  }),
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});

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
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Content-Type: application/json
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Cache-Control: cache-control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate
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X-RateLimit-Limit: 30
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X-RateLimit-Remaining: 28
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{
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  "data": {
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    "type": "upload_collection",
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    "id": "uinr2zfqQLeCo_1O0-ao-Q",
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    "relationships": {
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      "parent": {
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        "data": null
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      },
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      "children": {
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        "data": [
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          {
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            "type": "upload_collection",
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            "id": "uinr2zfqQLeCo_1O0-ao-Q"
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          }
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        ]
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      }
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    },
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    "attributes": {
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      "label": "Posts",
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      "position": 1
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    }
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  }
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}

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