---
title: "Create an audience"
method: POST
path: "/audiences"
tags: ["Audiences"]
---

# Create an audience

`POST /audiences`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.eusend.dev`
- URL: `https://api.eusend.dev/audiences`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

An audience is a named contact list a broadcast can be sent to.

## Request body

- CreateAudienceRequest
  - `name` string, required

## Response `201`

Created.

- Audience
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `organizationId` string, uuid, required
  - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
  - `updatedAt` string, date-time, nullable

## Other responses

- `400`: The request body or query failed validation (`VALIDATION_ERROR`).
- `401`: Missing, malformed, or revoked API key (`UNAUTHORIZED`).
- `403`: The key exists but may not reach this resource — a `sending_access` key outside the send paths, a test-mode key writing live state, or an account on hold (`FORBIDDEN`, `ACCOUNT_RESTRICTED`).
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded (`RATE_LIMITED`).
- `500`: Unexpected server error (`INTERNAL_ERROR`). Carries `request_id`.

---

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