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Create Collection Endpoint

POST
/catalog/collections/
 
curl --request POST \
  --url https://example.com/catalog/collections/ \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{ "description": "Datasets from the NYC Open Data portal", "name": "NYC Open Data" }'

Create a new collection.

Authorizations

Section titled “Authorizations ”

Request Body required

Section titled “Request Body required ”
Media type application/json
CollectionCreate
object
description
Any of:
string
<= 2000 characters
name
required
Name

Display name for the collection

string
>= 1 characters <= 255 characters
Example 
NYC Open Data

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

201

Section titled “201 ”

Successful Response

Media type application/json
CollectionResponse
object
created_at
required
Created At
string format: date-time
created_by
required
Any of:
string format: uuid
dataset_count
required
Dataset Count
integer
description
required
Any of:
string
extent_bbox
Any of:
Array<number>
id
required
Id
string format: uuid
name
required
Name
string
temporal_end
Any of:
string format: date
temporal_start
Any of:
string format: date
updated_at
required
Updated At
string format: date-time
Example generated
{
  "created_at": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z",
  "created_by": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0",
  "dataset_count": 1,
  "description": "example",
  "extent_bbox": [
    1
  ],
  "id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0",
  "name": "example",
  "temporal_end": "2026-04-15",
  "temporal_start": "2026-04-15",
  "updated_at": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z"
}

400

Section titled “400 ”

Bad request — invalid payload

ProblemDetail
object
detail
required
Detail
string
status
required
Status
integer
title
required
Title
string
type
Type
string
default: about:blank
Example 
{
  "type": "about:blank"
}

401

Section titled “401 ”

Unauthorized — missing or invalid credentials

ProblemDetail
object
detail
required
Detail
string
status
required
Status
integer
title
required
Title
string
type
Type
string
default: about:blank
Example 
{
  "type": "about:blank"
}

403

Section titled “403 ”

Forbidden — caller lacks write access

ProblemDetail
object
detail
required
Detail
string
status
required
Status
integer
title
required
Title
string
type
Type
string
default: about:blank
Example 
{
  "type": "about:blank"
}

404

Section titled “404 ”

Not found

ProblemDetail
object
detail
required
Detail
string
status
required
Status
integer
title
required
Title
string
type
Type
string
default: about:blank
Example 
{
  "type": "about:blank"
}

409

Section titled “409 ”

Conflict — resource state prevents the operation

ProblemDetail
object
detail
required
Detail
string
status
required
Status
integer
title
required
Title
string
type
Type
string
default: about:blank
Example 
{
  "type": "about:blank"
}

422

Section titled “422 ”

Validation error

ProblemDetail
object
detail
required
Detail
string
status
required
Status
integer
title
required
Title
string
type
Type
string
default: about:blank
Example 
{
  "type": "about:blank"
}

500

Section titled “500 ”

Internal server error

ProblemDetail
object
detail
required
Detail
string
status
required
Status
integer
title
required
Title
string
type
Type
string
default: about:blank
Example 
{
  "type": "about:blank"
}