Create database collection

POST/v1/databases/{databaseId}/collections

How to call this endpoint

Every ACP API request uses bearer authentication. The examples here show the actual request path, auth header, and body shape that the platform expects.

Path, query, and header parameters

These parameters control which ACP object the endpoint acts on and how the request is processed.

Path parameters
NameLocationTypeRequiredDescription
databaseIdpathstringYesDatabase ID
Query parameters
None.

Body schema

Content type: application/json · Required

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
namestringYesHuman-readable name.
descriptionstringNoHuman-readable description.

What the API returns

Each response code below includes the documented payload shape for the ACP API.

201Collection createdapplication/json
FieldTypeRequiredDescription
collectionobjectNo
collection.idstringNoUnique identifier.
collection.namestringNoHuman-readable name.
collection.descriptionstringNoHuman-readable description.
collection.documentCountintegerNo
collection.createdAtstringNoISO 8601 timestamp.
collection.updatedAtstringNoISO 8601 timestamp.
Create database collection
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