Create catalog item

Use this endpoint to create an item in your catalog.

Prerequisites

To use this endpoint, you’ll need an API key with the catalogs.create_item permission.

Rate limit

This endpoint has a shared rate limit of 50 requests per minute between all synchronous catalog item endpoints, as documented in API rate limits.

Path parameters

Request parameters

Example request

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curl --location --request POST 'https://rest.iad-03.braze.com/catalogs/restaurants/items/restaurant1' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-REST-API-KEY' \
--data-raw '{
  "items": [
    {
      "Name": "Restaurant1",
      "City": "New York",
      "Cuisine": "American",
      "Rating": 5,
      "Loyalty_Program": true,
      "Location": {
        "Latitude": 33.6112,
        "Longitude": -117.8711
      },
      "Top_Dishes": [
        "Hamburger",
        "Deluxe Cheeseburger"
      ],
      "Created_At": "2022-11-01T09:03:19.967+00:00"
    }
  ]
}'

Response

There are three status code responses for this endpoint: 201, 400, and 404.

Example success response

The status code 201 could return the following response body.

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{
  "message": "success"
}

Example error response

The status code 400 could return the following response body. Refer to Troubleshooting for more information about errors you may encounter.

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{
  "errors": [
    {
      "id": "invalid-fields",
      "message": "Some of the fields given do not exist in the catalog",
      "parameters": [
        "id"
      ],
      "parameter_values": [
        "restaurant1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "message": "Invalid Request"
}

Troubleshooting

The following table lists possible returned errors and their associated troubleshooting steps.