---
title: "Create a bookable area"
method: POST
path: "/shop/bookable-areas"
tags: ["BookableAreas"]
---

# Create a bookable area

`POST /shop/bookable-areas`

Creates a new `BookableArea` at the site identified by the
`site_id` query parameter. The minimum body is `name` and
`capacity`.

Requires the `SETTINGS_MANAGE` permission on the site.

## Request body

- ContentApplication1jsonSchema — unresolved $ref

## Response `201`

A single `BookableArea`.

- object
  - `data` BookableArea, required — A `BookableArea` is a physical area that can be booked by guests via an `AreaBookingType` (e.g. a hot tub, a cabana, a treatment pod). Bookable areas have a `capacity` (number of simultaneous bookings) and an availability schedule made up of one or more `AvailabilityRule`s.
    - `id` string, object-id, required — Unique identifier of the bookable area.
    - `organisation_id` string, uuid, required — ID of the organisation the bookable area belongs to.
    - `site_id` string, uuid, required — ID of the site the bookable area belongs to. A bookable area is scoped to exactly one site.
    - `name` string, required — Display name for the bookable area. Shown to staff and customers.
    - `description` string, nullable, required — Long-form description of the bookable area.
    - `capacity` integer, required — Maximum number of simultaneous bookings. `1` means exclusive-use; values > 1 allow shared occupancy.
    - `availability_rules` AvailabilityRule[], required — The `AvailabilityRule`s currently configured on this area. These determine when the area is bookable. Manage them via the `/shop/bookable-areas/{bookableAreaId}/availability-rules` endpoints.
      - `id` string, object-id, required — The ID of the availability rule.
      - `date_from` string, date, required — The start of the rule period.
      - `date_to` string, date, required — The end of the rule period.
      - `is_available` boolean, required — Whether the resource is available during this period. Any `false` rules will override `true` rules.
      - `max_duration` integer — Maximum number of minutes.
      - `min_duration` integer — Minimum number of minutes.
      - `time_from` string, required — The daily start time of the time period, in 24 hour format.
      - `time_to` string, required — The daily end time of the time period, in 24 hour format.
      - `weekdays` string[] — The weekdays this rule applies to.
    - `zones` Zone[] — Hydrated `Zone` records this bookable area belongs to. Zones group areas in the floor plan for spatial constraints.
      - `id` string, object-id, required — Unique identifier for the zone.
      - `name` string, required — Display name for the zone, shown wherever zones are listed or filtered. Plain text only.
      - `organisation_id` string, uuid, required — ID of the organisation that owns this zone. Inherited from the site on create.
      - `site_id` string, uuid, required — ID of the site this zone belongs to.

## Other responses

- `401` — The user is unauthenticated
- `403` — The authenticated user does not have permission.
- `422` — The request didn't pass validation

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