---
title: "Get the caller's parts catalog, creating it on first use"
method: POST
path: "/api/v0/desk/catalog"
tags: ["Desk"]
---

# Get the caller's parts catalog, creating it on first use

`POST /api/v0/desk/catalog`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.outerport.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.outerport.com/api/v0/desk/catalog`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/outerport/apis/outerport-api/docs/api/v0/desk/catalog/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- DeskCatalogResponse: The account's catalog. ``id`` is what the project file endpoints and ``/desk/requests`` (as ``catalog_id``) take.
  - `id` string, uuid, required

## Changes

- **2026-10-26** `07854361a13b`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/outerport/apis/outerport-api/changes/api/v0/desk/catalog/post.md)

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