---
title: "Create a new cost center"
method: POST
path: "/cost_centers"
tags: ["Cost centers"]
---

# Create a new cost center

`POST /cost_centers`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.sandbox.monite.com/v1`
- URL: `https://api.sandbox.monite.com/v1/cost_centers`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Create a new cost center

## Headers

- `x-monite-version` string, required
- `x-monite-entity-id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `description` string: Description of the cost center
  - `name` string: Name of the cost center

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- AccountingCostCenterResponse: Represents a cost center retrieved from an accounting system.
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required: The timestamp when the cost center was created.
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required: The timestamp when the cost center was last updated.
  - `description` string: Description of the cost center
  - `is_external` boolean: Unused. Reserved for future use.
  - `name` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: The `Authorization` header is missing or contains an invalid or expired access token. See [Authentication](https://docs.monite.com/api/concepts/authentication) to learn how to authenticate API calls.
- `403`: The specified access token does not have permissions to perform this operation.
- `422`: Validation Error
- `429`: API rate limit has been exceeded. Check the response headers for the rate limit information.

---

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