---
title: "POST /v1/{+parent}/links"
method: POST
path: "/v1/{+parent}/links"
tags: ["projects"]
---

# POST /v1/{+parent}/links

`POST /v1/{+parent}/links`

Create a new link.

## Path parameters

- `parent` string, required

## Query parameters

- `linkId` string

## Request body

- Link — A link lets a dataset be accessible to BigQuery via usage of linked datasets.
  - `name` string — Identifier. Name of the link. The format is: projects/[PROJECT_ID]/locations/[LOCATION]/buckets/[BUCKET_ID]/datasets/[DATASET_ID]/links/[LINK_ID]
  - `displayName` string — Optional. A user friendly display name.
  - `description` string — Optional. Description of the link.
  - `createTime` string, google-datetime — Output only. Create timestamp.

## Response `200`

Successful response

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