---
title: "Create board section"
method: POST
path: "/boards/{board_id}/sections"
tags: ["boards"]
---

# Create board section

`POST /boards/{board_id}/sections`

Create a board section on a board owned by the "operation user_account" - or on a group board that has been shared with this account.
Optional: Business Access: Specify an ad_account_id to use the owner of that ad_account as the "operation user_account".
- By default, the "operation user_account" is the token user_account.

## Path parameters

- `board_id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `ad_account_id` string

## Request body

- BoardSectionCreate — Resource create operation model.
  - `id` string
  - `name` string, required

## Response `200`

The request has succeeded.

- BoardSection — Sections help organize pins within a board.
  - `id` string
  - `name` string, required

## Other responses

- `201` — Resource create operation completed successfully.
- `400` — The request could not be understood by the server due to unexpected data.
- `401` — Authentication is required and has either failed or not been provided.
- `403` — The request was valid, but the server is refusing action. The user might not have the necessary permissions for a resource.
- `404` — The requested resource could not be found on this server.
- `429` — The user has sent too many requests in a given amount of time and is being rate limited.
- `default` — An unexpected error response.

## Changes

- **2026-06-04** (v5) `b698c180678a` — 8 info
  - the request optional property `id` became not read-only
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - added the non-success response with the status `404`
  - added the non-success response with the status `429`
  - …4 more
- **2024-02-08** (v5) `7529b464d5cb` — 1 breaking, 1 info
  - the request property `name` became required
  - the response property `name` became required for the status `201`
- **2023-05-12** (v5) `689b4b267639` — 1 info
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `ad_account_id`
- **2021-11-05** (v5) `8583f6373a80` — 1 breaking, 4 info
  - added the pattern `^\d+$` to the `path` request parameter `board_id`
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`
  - added the non-success response with the status `409`
  - …1 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/pinterest/apis/pinterest-rest-api/changes/boards/:board_id/sections/post.md)

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