ad_accounts14

ad_groups13

ads10

advanced_auction2

audience_insights2

audience_sharing7

audiences4

billing11

boards11

bulk3

business_access_assets12

business_access_invite6

business_access_relationships9

campaigns8

catalog_feeds8

catalog_items3

catalog_product_groups10

catalog_reports3

catalog_supplemental7

catalogs3

conversion_deletion_requests4

conversion_eqs1

conversion_events1

conversion_tags5

conversions4

customer_list_uploads3

customer_lists4

customer_segment3

integrations7

keywords5

labels5

lead_ads4

lead_forms5

leads_export2

media3

msot_events1

notification1

oauth3

order_lines2

pins8

product_group_promotions5

product_tags3

promotions5

resources6

schedules3

search3

targeting_template3

terms2

terms_of_service1

trends4

user_account14

boards

Create board

Changed on Oct 16, 2025

Create a board owned by the "operation user_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.

post/boards

Request

Base URL
https://api.pinterest.com/v5
Auth
- OAuth 2
  Authorization codehttps://www.pinterest.com/oauth/
  Token URLhttps://api.pinterest.com/v5/oauth/token
  Scopesboards:read, boards:write
- or OAuth 2
  Client credentials
  Token URLhttps://api.pinterest.com/v3/oauth/access_token/
  Scopesboards:read, boards:write
TypeScript
https://skmtc.dev/pinterest/apis/pinterest-rest-api/docs/boards/post.ts
A function with typed inputs. Its response is checked against the schema.

Query parameters

ad_account_idstring

Unique identifier of an ad account.

Request body

descriptionstring nullable

is_ads_onlyboolean

If set to true, the board will be ad-only and can store ad-only Pins.

namestring required

Name of the board.

**Note:** If you create an ad-only board by setting `is_ads_only`
to `true`, the board name automatically becomes "Ad-only Pins".

privacy'PUBLIC' | 'PROTECTED' | 'SECRET'

Example request

{
  "description": "My favorite summer recipes",
  "is_ads_only": true,
  "name": "Summer recipes"
}

Response

The request has succeeded.

board_pins_modified_atstring date-time

Date and time of last board pins modified.

collaborator_countinteger

Count of collaborators on the board.

created_atstring date-time

Date and time of board creation.

descriptionstring nullable

follower_countinteger

Board follower count.

idstring required

is_ads_onlyboolean

If set to true, the board will be ad-only and can store ad-only Pins.

namestring required

Name of the board.

**Note:** If you create an ad-only board by setting `is_ads_only`
to `true`, the board name automatically becomes "Ad-only Pins".

pin_countinteger

Count of Pins on the board.

Example response

{
  "collaborator_count": 17,
  "description": "My favorite summer recipes",
  "follower_count": 13,
  "id": "549755885175",
  "is_ads_only": true,
  "media": {
    "image_cover_url": "https://i.pinimg.com/400x300/fd/cd/d5/fdcdd5a6d8a80824add0d054125cd957.jpg",
    "pin_thumbnail_urls": [
      "https://i.pinimg.com/150x150/b4/57/10/b45710f1ede96af55230f4b43935c4af.jpg",
      "https://i.pinimg.com/150x150/dd/ff/46/ddff4616e39c1935cd05738794fa860e.jpg",
      "https://i.pinimg.com/150x150/84/ac/59/84ac59b670ccb5b903dace480a98930c.jpg",
      "https://i.pinimg.com/150x150/4c/54/6f/4c546f521be85e30838fb742bfff6936.jpg"
    ]
  },
  "name": "Summer recipes",
  "pin_count": 5
}

Changes

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Jul 16, 2025v543134ca41f18 Revision changes
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