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

# Create a context.

`POST /api/contexts`

Create a new context.

## Query parameters

- `name` string, required
- `entity_type_disambiguation` boolean
- `ledger` boolean

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, required

## Response `200`

The context was created.

## Other responses

- `400` — The context could not be created.
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `409` — A context with this name already exists.
- `413` — Content Too Large
- `500` — Internal Server Error
- `503` — Service Unavailable

## Changes

- **2026-08-03** `e46672d44401` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `413`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/philterd/apis/philter-api/changes/api/contexts/post.md)

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