# Create Collection

POST https://api.credal.ai/api/v0/documentCollections/createCollection
Content-Type: application/json

Create a new collection. The API key used will be added to the collection for future Requests

Reference: https://docs.credal.ai/api-reference/api-reference/document-collections/create-collection

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `name` (string, required) — A descriptive name for the collection.
- `description` (string, required) — An in depth name for the agent's function. Useful for routing requests to the right agent.
- `collaborators` (list of Collaborator, required) — A list of collaborator emails and roles that will have access to the agent.

## Response

### 200

- `collectionId` (UUID, required)

## Types

### Collaborator

- `email` (string, required)
- `role` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `viewer`, `editor`

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "name": "Customer Collection",
  "description": "This collection is used to answer customer requests based on internal documentation.",
  "collaborators": [
    {
      "email": "test@gmail.com",
      "role": "editor"
    }
  ]
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "collectionId": "ac20e6ba-0bae-11ef-b25a-efca73df4c3a"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```typescript Example0
import { CredalClient } from "@credal/sdk";

async function main() {
    const client = new CredalClient({
        apiKey: "YOUR_TOKEN_HERE",
    });
    await client.documentCollections.createCollection({
        name: "Customer Collection",
        description: "This collection is used to answer customer requests based on internal documentation.",
        collaborators: [
            {
                email: "test@gmail.com",
                role: "editor",
            },
        ],
    });
}
main();

```

```python Example0
from credal import CredalV0
from credal.common import Collaborator

client = CredalV0(
    api_key="YOUR_TOKEN_HERE",
)

client.document_collections.create_collection(
    name="Customer Collection",
    description="This collection is used to answer customer requests based on internal documentation.",
    collaborators=[
        Collaborator(
            email="test@gmail.com",
            role="editor",
        )
    ],
)

```

## Related pages

- [Credal | Documentation](../index.md)
- [Overview](./api-reference-v-0-overview.md)
- [Docs](../guides.md)
- [Introduction](./getting-started-introduction.md)
- [API Reference](./api-reference-index.md)
- [Service Accounts](./api-reference-v-0-service-accounts.md)
- [Quickstart](./getting-started-quickstart.md)
- [Overview](./api-reference-v-1-overview.md)
- [Overview](./getting-started-tutorials-common-first-agents-employee-onboarding-assistant-overview.md)
- [OAuth Setup](./api-reference-v-1-o-auth-setup.md)

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