---
title: "Create a route"
method: POST
path: "/v1/domains/{domain}/routes"
tags: ["Domains"]
---

# Create a route

`POST /v1/domains/{domain}/routes`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.novu.co`
- URL: `https://api.novu.co/v1/domains/{domain}/routes`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`

Creates a route on the domain that forwards inbound mail addressed to `<address>@<domain>` to either a webhook or an agent. Each address on a domain may only have a single route.

## Path parameters

- `domain` string, required

## Headers

- `idempotency-key` string

## Request body

- DomainRouteDto
  - `address` string, required: Inbox address local part (e.g. "support", "*")
  - `agentId` string: Agent identifier; required when type is agent, unused for webhook
  - `type` 'agent' | 'webhook', required
  - `data` object: Optional string key-value metadata (max 10 keys, 500 characters total for keys+values).

## Response `201`

Created

- DomainRouteResponseDto
  - `_id` string, required
  - `_domainId` string, required
  - `address` string, required
  - `agentId` string: Internal id of the destination agent. Only present for agent routes.
  - `type` 'agent' | 'webhook', required
  - `_environmentId` string, required
  - `_organizationId` string, required
  - `createdAt` string, required
  - `updatedAt` string, required
  - `data` object: String key-value metadata (max 10 keys, 500 characters total when set via API).

## 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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