---
title: "Add a manual or telemetry-backed Dataset Item"
method: POST
path: "/api/{org_id}/datasets/{dataset_id}/items"
tags: ["Datasets"]
---

# Add a manual or telemetry-backed Dataset Item

`POST /api/{org_id}/datasets/{dataset_id}/items`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.openobserve.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.openobserve.ai/api/{org_id}/datasets/{dataset_id}/items`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/openobserve/apis/openobserve-api-http/docs/api/:org_id/datasets/:dataset_id/items/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `org_id` string, required
- `dataset_id` string, required

## Request body

- union
  - object: Add a user-authored golden directly from the Dataset detail page.
    - `entryPoint` 'manual', required
    - `expectedOutput` unknown
    - `input` unknown, required
    - `metadata` unknown
    - `tags` string[]
  - object: Add a trace/span golden from telemetry detail. The service retrieves and purifies the business input using this immutable reference.
    - `entryPoint` 'telemetry', required
    - `expectedOutput` unknown
    - `metadata` unknown
    - `refId` string, required
    - `refTraceStartTime` integer, required: Positive microsecond lower bound used to retrieve the reference.
    - `refType` 'trace' | 'span', required
    - `sourceStream` string, required: Trace stream containing the immutable reference.
    - `tags` string[]

## Response `200`

- object
  - `created` boolean, required: False when an idempotent trace/annotation push returns the existing item.
  - `item` DatasetItemResponseBody, required
    - `adjudicatedAt` integer, nullable
    - `adjudicatedBy` string, nullable
    - `datasetId` string, required
    - `expectedOutput` unknown
    - `globalVersion` integer, required
    - `importFilename` string, nullable
    - `input` unknown, required
    - `isDeleted` boolean, required
    - `logicalId` string, required
    - `metadata` unknown
    - `orgId` string, required
    - `queueId` string, nullable
    - `reviewSubmissionId` string, nullable
    - `rowId` string, required
    - `source` 'trace' | 'annotation' | 'manual' | 'playground', required
    - `sourceRef` string, nullable
    - `sourceSpanId` string, nullable
    - `tags` string[], required
    - `updatedAt` integer, required
    - `updatedBy` string, required
    - `writeVersion` integer, required: The Dataset version of the write request that stored this row.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `404`: Not Found

---

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