---
title: "Creating a Project"
method: POST
path: "/v1/projects"
tags: ["Projects"]
---

# Creating a Project

`POST /v1/projects`

To create a Project, the only information you must supply (via POST body) is the desired name of the Project.

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `id` number — The numerical ID of the Project.
  - `name` string, required — The name of the Project.
  - `description` string — The description of the Project, which is rendered as Markdown on Frontend.
  - `keyId` number — If managed encryption is enabled on the project, the numeric ID of the encryption key as tracked by Central is given here.
  - `archived` boolean — Whether the Project is archived or not. `null` is equivalent to `false`. All this does is sort the Project to the bottom of the list and disable management features in the web management application.

## Changes

- **2025-12-20** `022694254f0d` — 1 info
  - api operation id `Creating a Project` removed and replaced with `createProject`
- **2025-10-27** `b11b54eea487` — 1 info
  - removed the non-success response with the status `403`
- **2025-03-13** `e8c2858fd4eb` — 2 info
  - api operation id `createProject` removed and replaced with `Creating a Project`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/getodk/apis/odk-central-api/changes/v1/projects/post.md)

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