---
title: "Create a path journey status change"
method: POST
path: "/api/v2/path_journey_status_changes"
tags: ["Path Journey Status Changes"]
---

# Create a path journey status change

`POST /api/v2/path_journey_status_changes`

## Request

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

Creates a path journey status change from given data

## Request body

- PathJourneyStatusChangeCreateRequest: 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` 'path_journey_status_changes', required: The JSON:API resource type of the resource being created.
    - `attributes` PathJourneyStatusChangeReadWriteAttributes: The attributes of a path_journey_status_change that can be both read and written.
      - `name` string: Short name describing the status change.
      - `path_id` string: The assigned path.
      - `target_status` 'abandoned' | 'completed': The intended status of the path after this status change.

## Response `201`

The newly created path journey status change.

- PathJourneyStatusChangeShowResponse: 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` 'path_journey_status_changes', required: The JSON:API resource type.
    - `attributes` object: The read-only attributes of a path_journey_status_change.
      - `name` string: Short name describing the status change.
      - `path_id` string: The assigned path.
      - `target_status` 'abandoned' | 'completed': The intended status of the path after this status change.
      - `created_at` string, date-time
      - `updated_at` string, date-time
  - `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/path_journey_status_changes/post.md)

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