---
title: "Create or update a recommended articles list"
method: POST
path: "/api/recommended_articles_lists"
tags: ["recommended_articles_lists"]
---

# Create or update a recommended articles list

`POST /api/recommended_articles_lists`

Create a new recommended articles list or update an existing one. Requires Administrator privileges.

### Body Parameter Guidelines:
- **name**: Curated list title or label (e.g. "Editor's Choice").
- **placement_area**: Target UI layout region (e.g. `main_feed`, `sidebar_top`, `onboarding`).
- **expires_at**: ISO 8601 timestamp after which the list recommendation automatically expires.
- **user_id**: Owner/curator numeric user ID.
- **article_ids**: Staged array of numeric article IDs to include in the recommendation sequence.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string
  - `placement_area` string, required
  - `expires_at` string, date-time
  - `user_id` integer, required
  - `article_ids` integer[]

## Response `201`

created

- RecommendedArticlesList — Representation of a recommended articles list
  - `id` integer, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `placement_area` string, required
  - `expires_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `user_id` integer, required
  - `article_ids` integer[], required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required

## Changes

> 59 revisions in range; 8 could not be searched.

- **2026-07-13** (v1) `189b62b952ea` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-07-13** (v1) `7db6ba099285` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2023-01-10** (v1) `754f8b25f815` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

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

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