---
title: "Create a space"
method: POST
path: "/spaces"
tags: ["spaces"]
---

# Create a space

`POST /spaces`

Spaces are groupings of collections and datasets.

## Request body

- Space
  - `name` string, required
  - `description` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

## Other responses

- `400` — The server could not process your request, this happens for example when the id specified is not of the correct form. See the message field for more information.

## Changes

- **2021-07-16** `303b451469b7` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2021-07-16** `a30d6f31f27f` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation
- **2020-09-29** `8bd7fd33f496` — 1 info
  - removed the non-success response with the status `400`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/clowder-framework/apis/clowder/changes/spaces/post.md)

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