---
title: "Create a table with the given name"
method: POST
path: "/v1/table/{id}/create"
tags: ["Table"]
---

# Create a table with the given name

`POST /v1/table/{id}/create`

Create a new table in the namespace. Supports both lance-namespace format (with namespace in body) and LanceDB format (with database in headers).

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

Table properties result when creating a table

- CreateTableResponse
  - `name` string, required
  - `namespace` string[], required
  - `location` string, required
  - `properties` unknown

## Other responses

- `400` — Indicates a bad request error. It could be caused by an unexpected request body format or other forms of request validation failure, such as invalid json. Usually serves application/json content, although in some cases simple text/plain content might be returned by the server's middleware.
- `401` — Unauthorized. The request lacks valid authentication credentials for the operation.
- `403` — Forbidden. Authenticated user does not have the necessary permissions.
- `404` — A server-side problem that means can not find the specified resource.
- `503` — The service is not ready to handle the request. The client should wait and retry. The service may additionally send a Retry-After header to indicate when to retry.
- `5XX` — A server-side problem that might not be addressable from the client side. Used for server 5xx errors without more specific documentation in individual routes.

## Changes

- **2025-07-21** `6790486d1fac` — 7 breaking, 20 warning, 25 info
  - removed the media type `application/vnd.apache.arrow.stream` from the request body
  - removed the required property `code` from the response with the `400` status
  - removed the required property `code` from the response with the `401` status
  - removed the required property `code` from the response with the `403` status
  - …48 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/lance-format/apis/lance-namespace-specification/changes/v1/table/:id/create/post.md)

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