---
title: "Create a catalog"
method: PUT
path: "/catalogs"
tags: ["Catalogs"]
---

# Create a catalog

`PUT /catalogs`

## Query parameters

- `name` string, required
- `path` string, required
- `type` 'local' | 'beets' | 'remote' | 'subsonic' | 'seafile' | 'beetsremote'
- `media_type` string
- `file_pattern` string
- `folder_pattern` string
- `username` string
- `password` string

## Response `200`

Catalog object

- object

## Other responses

- `400` — Ampache API error response payload.

## Changes

- **2026-06-25** `7ed7a764efd9` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
- **2026-02-24** `3c57979a295f` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-02-19** `07f53972fdd7` — 1 breaking
  - api removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/ampache/apis/ampache-rest-api/changes/catalogs/put.md)

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