---
title: "Create a new key-value pair"
method: POST
path: "/gdc/projects/{projectName}/dataload/metadata"
tags: ["metadata"]
---

# Create a new key-value pair

`POST /gdc/projects/{projectName}/dataload/metadata`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://secure.gooddata.com`
- URL: `https://secure.gooddata.com/gdc/projects/{projectName}/dataload/metadata`
- Auth: none declared

## Request body

- MetadataItem1
  - `metadataItem` MetadataItemCommon, required
    - `key` string, required: Key of metadata item, only values matching \[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+\ regexp are permitted
    - `value` string, required: Value of metadata item

## Response `201`

Created - creates a new CloudConnect metadata item

- URIResponse
  - `uri` string, required

## Other responses

- `404`: Not Found - the project doesn't exist

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/gooddata/apis/gooddata-api-documentation.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/gooddata/apis/gooddata-api-documentation/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/gooddata/apis/gooddata-api-documentation/revisions/e5dc0ee6ab00?raw)