---
title: "Create an empty episode"
method: POST
path: "/v1/episodes"
tags: ["Episodes"]
---

# Create an empty episode

`POST /v1/episodes`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.jellypod.com`
- URL: `https://api.jellypod.com/v1/episodes`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Inserts an episode row with only the metadata you provide. No script, audio, or video is generated. Use `POST /v1/episodes/generate` to create an episode and trigger generation in one call.

## Request body

- CreateEpisodeInput: Fields for creating an empty episode row. No content is generated.
  - `description` string
  - `host_ids` string[]
  - `image` string, uri
  - `podcast_id` string, uuid, required: Podcast that will own the new episode.
  - `title` string

## Response `201`

Episode created

- object
  - `data` Episode, required: A podcast episode with publishing metadata and (when available) audio/video URLs.
    - `audio_url` string, nullable, required
    - `created_at` string, required
    - `description` string, nullable, required
    - `generation` object, nullable, required
      - `completed_at` string, nullable, required
      - `error_message` string
      - `started_at` string, required
      - `state` 'generating' | 'completed' | 'failed', required
      - `skipped_sources` object[]
        - `id` string, required
        - `title` string, nullable, required
        - `url` string, nullable, required
        - `reason` string, required
    - `host_ids` string[], nullable, required
    - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `image_url` string, nullable, required
    - `podcast_id` string, uuid, required
    - `published_at` string, nullable, required
    - `scheduled_at` string, nullable, required
    - `source_ids` string[], required
    - `status` 'draft' | 'published' | 'scheduled', required: Lifecycle state stored on the episode row. Generation progress is reported separately on the `generation` field, `generating`/`completed`/`failed` are not `status` values.
    - `title` string, nullable, required
    - `updated_at` string, required
    - `url` string, nullable, required
    - `video_url` string, nullable, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Validation failed or malformed request.
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key.
- `403`: Authenticated, but this API key does not have access to this resource.
- `404`: Resource not found.
- `415`: Request `Content-Type` is not supported for this endpoint.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded. Response includes `Retry-After`, `RateLimit`, and `RateLimit-Policy` headers (IETF draft).
- `500`: Internal server error.

---

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