---
title: "Create a context"
method: POST
path: "/v2/contexts"
tags: ["Contexts"]
---

# Create a context

`POST /v2/contexts`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.notifly.io`
- URL: `https://api.notifly.io/v2/contexts`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`

Create a new context with the specified type, id, and data. Returns 409 if context already exists.
      **type** and **id** are required fields, **data** is optional, if the context already exists, it returns the 409 response

## Request body

- CreateContextRequestDto
  - `type` string, required: Context type (e.g., tenant, app, workspace). Must be lowercase alphanumeric with optional separators.
  - `id` string, required: Unique identifier for this context. Must be lowercase alphanumeric with optional separators.
  - `data` object: Optional custom data to associate with this context.
  - `bridgeUrl` string: Optional bridge URL override for agent connect. When an inbound agent turn resolves this context, its bridge call is routed here instead of the agent default bridge URL. Must be a publicly reachable URL.

## Response `201`

Created

- object
  - `data` GetContextResponseDto
    - `type` string, required: Context type (e.g., tenant, app, workspace)
    - `id` string, required: Unique identifier for this context
    - `data` object, required: Custom data associated with this context
    - `bridgeUrl` string: Bridge URL override for agent connect, if configured on this context
    - `createdAt` string, required: Creation timestamp
    - `updatedAt` string, required: Last update timestamp

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found
- `405`: Method Not Allowed
- `409`: Conflict
- `413`: Payload Too Large
- `414`: URI Too Long
- `415`: Unsupported Media Type
- `422`: Unprocessable Entity
- `429`: The client has sent too many requests in a given amount of time.
- `500`: Internal Server Error
- `503`: The server is currently unable to handle the request due to a temporary overload or scheduled maintenance, which will likely be alleviated after some delay.

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