---
title: "Add new data"
method: POST
path: "/api/organizations/{organizationId}/data/add"
tags: ["OrganizationData"]
---

# Add new data

`POST /api/organizations/{organizationId}/data/add`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://studio.edgeimpulse.com/v1`
- URL: `https://studio.edgeimpulse.com/v1/api/organizations/{organizationId}/data/add`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `x-api-key`
  - API key in cookie `jwt`
  - API key in header `x-jwt-token`
  - OAuth 2
    - Authorization code: `/v1/oauth/authorize`
    - Client credentials
    - Implicit: `/v1/oauth/authorize`
    - Password
    - Token URL: `/v1/oauth/token`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/edgeimpulse/apis/edge-impulse-api/docs/api/organizations/:organizationId/data/add/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Add a new data item. You can add a maximum of 10000 files directly through this API. Use `addOrganizationDataFile` to add additional files.

## Path parameters

- `organizationId` integer, required

## Request body `multipart/form-data`

- OrganizationAddDataItemRequest
  - `name` string, required
  - `bucketId` integer
  - `bucketName` string: Name of the bucket name (as an Edge Impulse name)
  - `dataset` string, required
  - `bucketPath` string: Optional path in the bucket to create this data item (files are created under this path).
  - `metadata` string, required: Key-value pair of metadata (in JSON format)
  - `files[]` string[], required

## Response `200`

OK

- EntityCreatedResponse
  - `success` boolean, required: Whether the operation succeeded
  - `error` string: Optional error description (set if 'success' was false)
  - `id` integer, required: Unique identifier of the created entity.

---

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