---
title: "Create Lab Experiment"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/lab/experiments"
tags: ["prompt-lab"]
---

# Create Lab Experiment

`POST /api/v1/lab/experiments`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.badgeia.com`
- URL: `https://api.badgeia.com/api/v1/lab/experiments`
- Auth: none declared

Create a named experiment to organize lab runs.

Experiments help group related lab runs and provide a way to track
variations and iterations over time.

## Request body

- LabExperimentCreate: Create a lab experiment.
  - `name` string, required
  - `description` string, nullable

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- LabExperimentRead: Read a lab experiment.
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `user_id` string, uuid, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `description` string, nullable, required
  - `status` string, required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `completed_at` string, date-time, nullable, required

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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