---
title: "Create metaproperty"
method: POST
path: "/api/1/taxonomy/metaproperties"
tags: ["Metaproperties - New API (Preferred)"]
---

# Create metaproperty

`POST /api/1/taxonomy/metaproperties`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://{your-bynder-domain}`
- URL: `https://{your-bynder-domain}/api/1/taxonomy/metaproperties`
- Auth: one of:
  - OAuth 2
    - Authorization code: `https://{your-auth-url}`
    - Client credentials
    - Token URL: `https://{your-bynder-domain}/v6/authentication/oauth2/token` scopes: `METAPROPERTYMANAGEMENT`, `METAMANAGEMENT`
  - API key in header `Authorization`

Create a new metaproperty

## Request body

- object
  - `allowDuplicates` boolean
  - `autocomplete` boolean
  - `createDuringApply` boolean
  - `definition` string
  - `metapropertyType` 'single-select' | 'multi-select' | 'date' | 'text', required
  - `name` string, required

## Response `201`

- object
  - `allowDuplicates` boolean
  - `autocomplete` boolean
  - `createDuringApply` boolean
  - `definition` string
  - `id` string, uuid
  - `metapropertyType` 'single-select' | 'multi-select' | 'date' | 'text'
  - `name` string
  - `status` string

## Other responses

- `400`
- `404`

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/bynder/apis/metaproperty.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/bynder/apis/metaproperty/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/bynder/apis/metaproperty/revisions/be5714f3522e?raw)