---
title: "Create an Organization"
method: POST
path: "/api/organizations"
tags: ["organizations"]
---

# Create an Organization

`POST /api/organizations`

This endpoint allows the client to create an organization with the provided parameters.
        It requires a token from a user with `admin` privileges.

## Request body

- Organization — Representation of an Organization
  - `type_of` string
  - `username` string
  - `name` string
  - `summary` string
  - `twitter_username` string
  - `github_username` string
  - `url` string
  - `location` string
  - `joined_at` string
  - `tech_stack` string
  - `tag_line` string, nullable
  - `story` string, nullable

## Response `201`

Successful

## Other responses

- `401` — Unauthorized
- `422` — Unprocessable Entity

## Changes

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- **2026-07-13** (v1) `189b62b952ea` — 2 breaking
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `201`
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `422`
- **2026-07-13** (v1) `7db6ba099285` — 2 breaking
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `201`
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `422`
- **2026-05-28** (v1) `6550ad7be94f` — 2 info
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `201`
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `422`
- **2026-03-03** (v1) `c9e7662755c2` — 2 breaking
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `201`
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `422`
- **2023-12-18** (v1) `1c81594090c0` — 2 info
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `201`
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `422`

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/forem/apis/forem-api-v1/changes/api/organizations/post.md)

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