---
title: "Create a donation tracking code"
method: POST
path: "/api/v2/donation_tracking_codes"
tags: ["Donation Tracking Codes"]
---

# Create a donation tracking code

`POST /api/v2/donation_tracking_codes`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://yournation.nationbuilder.com`
- URL: `https://yournation.nationbuilder.com/api/v2/donation_tracking_codes`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Creates a donation tracking code from given data

## Request body

- DonationTrackingCodeCreateRequest: The JSON:API top-level document shape for create requests, whose data member carries the new resource's type and attributes.
  - `data` object, required
    - `type` 'donation_tracking_codes', required: The JSON:API resource type of the resource being created.
    - `attributes` DonationTrackingCodeReadWriteAttributes: The attributes of a donation_tracking_code that can be both read and written.
      - `name` string, nullable: The name of the tracking code.
      - `slug` string, nullable: A unique identifier for the tracking code.

## Response `201`

The newly created donation tracking code.

- DonationTrackingCodeShowResponse: The JSON:API top-level document shape for responses returning a single resource under the data member.
  - `data` object, required: A JSON:API resource identifier object, the type/id pair that uniquely identifies a single resource.
    - `id` string, required: Unique identifier of the resource.
    - `type` 'donation_tracking_codes', required: The JSON:API resource type.
    - `attributes` object: The read-only attributes of a donation_tracking_code.
      - `name` string, nullable: The name of the tracking code.
      - `slug` string, nullable: A unique identifier for the tracking code.
      - `created_at` string, date-time, nullable
      - `updated_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `included` Resource[]: Sideloaded resources requested via the include query parameter. Each entry is a full resource object whose shape is documented under its own resource type.
    - `id` string, required: Unique identifier of the resource.
    - `type` string, required: The JSON:API resource type.
    - `attributes` object: The attributes of the resource, as documented for its resource type.
    - `relationships` object: References from this resource to other resources in the document.
  - `meta` object: Non-standard information about the document. Empty unless the endpoint has metadata to convey.

## Other responses

- `400`: The request body or query parameters are invalid, such as an unknown attribute, filter, filter operator, sort field, or sideload.
- `401`: The access token is missing, expired, or not authorized to access this resource.
- `422`: Model validations failed for the resource being created or updated. Unlike this API's other errors, validation failures are returned as a JSON:API errors document locating each invalid field.
- `429`: The access token has exceeded its request quota for the current rate-limit window.

## Changes

- **2026-11-05** `d5c88ca497ac`: 4 breaking, 1 warning, 7 info
  - added `#/components/schemas/create_request_document, subschema #2` to the request body `allOf` list
  - the request's body type changed from `object` to no type
  - the response's body type changed from `object` to no type for status `201`
  - removed the required property `data` from the response with the `201` status
  - …8 more

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/nationbuilder/apis/nationbuilder-v2-api/changes/api/v2/donation_tracking_codes/post.md)

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