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Create catalog

post

/catalogs

Use this endpoint to create a catalog.

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Prerequisites

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

Rate limit

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

Request parameters

Catalog object parameters

Example request

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curl --location --request POST 'https://rest.iad-03.braze.com/catalogs' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-REST-API-KEY' \
--data-raw '{
  "catalogs": [
    {
      "name": "restaurants",
      "description": "My Restaurants",
      "fields": [
        {
          "name": "id",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "name": "Name",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "name": "City",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "name": "Cuisine",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "name": "Rating",
          "type": "number"
        },
        {
          "name": "Loyalty_Program",
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        {
          "name": "Location",
          "type": "object"
        },
        {
          "name": "Top_Dishes",
          "type": "array"
        },
        {
          "name": "Created_At",
          "type": "time"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}'

Response

There are two status code responses for this endpoint: 201 and 400.

Example success response

The status code 201 could return the following response body.

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{
  "catalogs": [
    {
      "description": "My Restaurants",
      "fields": [
        {
          "name": "id",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "name": "Name",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "name": "City",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "name": "Cuisine",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "name": "Rating",
          "type": "number"
        },
        {
          "name": "Loyalty_Program",
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        {
          "name": "Location",
          "type": "object"
        },
        {
          "name": "Top_Dishes",
          "type": "array"
        },
        {
          "name": "Created_At",
          "type": "time"
        }
      ],
      "name": "restaurants",
      "num_items": 0,
      "updated_at": "2022-11-02T20:04:06.879+00:00"
    }
  ],
  "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": "catalog-name-already-exists",
      "message": "A catalog with that name already exists",
      "parameters": [
        "name"
      ],
      "parameter_values": [
        "restaurants"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "message": "Invalid Request"
}

Troubleshooting

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

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