---
title: "Create project category"
method: POST
path: "/rest/api/2/projectCategory"
tags: ["Project categories"]
---

# Create project category

`POST /rest/api/2/projectCategory`

Creates a project category.

**[Permissions](#permissions) required:** *Administer Jira* [global permission](https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/x4dKLg).

## Request body

- ProjectCategory — A project category.
  - `description` string — The description of the project category.
  - `id` string — The ID of the project category.
  - `name` string — The name of the project category. Required on create, optional on update.
  - `self` string, uri — The URL of the project category.

## Response `201`

Returned if the request is successful.

- ProjectCategory — A project category.
  - `description` string — The description of the project category.
  - `id` string — The ID of the project category.
  - `name` string — The name of the project category. Required on create, optional on update.
  - `self` string, uri — The URL of the project category.

## Other responses

- `400` — Returned if: * `name` is not provided or exceeds 255 characters. * `description` exceeds 1000 characters.
- `401` — Returned if the authentication credentials are incorrect or missing.
- `403` — Returned if the user does not have the necessary permission.
- `409` — Returned if the project category name is in use.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/atlassian/apis/the-jira-cloud-platform-rest-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/atlassian/apis/the-jira-cloud-platform-rest-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/atlassian/the-jira-cloud-platform-rest-api/revisions/7e9af75061ea/schema)