---
title: "Create document type"
method: POST
path: "/documents/document-types-create"
tags: ["Document AI — DMS"]
---

# Create document type

`POST /documents/document-types-create`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest`
- URL: `https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest/documents/document-types-create`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Create account document type. POST /documents/document-types-create with name, source_locale, optional retention_years and retention_mode.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required: Display name of the document type.
  - `source_locale` string, required: Source locale for type labels (e.g. de-DE).
  - `retention_years` integer: Retention period in years (GoBD/compliance workflows).
  - `retention_mode` 'none' | 'compliance': Retention policy: none or compliance (WORM-style).

## Response `200`

Success

- SuccessEnvelope: Success envelope. Payload fields are endpoint-specific (top-level fields, `result`/`job_result` for jobs, `data` on some account endpoints).
  - `status` 'success', required
  - `processing_time` union
    - string
    - number
  - `_billing` object

## Other responses

- `4XX`: Error
- `5XX`: Error

---

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