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Create a teamspace ​

POST/api/v1/workspaces/{workspace_slug}/teamspaces/

Create a teamspace in the workspace.

Only workspace Owners and Admins can create a teamspace. The caller becomes a member of the new teamspace. If lead is another user, that user becomes a member too.

The serializer also accepts created_by and updated_by. Leave them out. The server records the caller.

Path Parameters ​

workspace_slug:requiredstring

The workspace_slug represents the unique workspace identifier for a workspace in Plane. It can be found in the URL. For example, in the URL https://app.plane.so/my-team/projects/, the workspace slug is my-team.

Body Parameters ​

name:requiredstring

Name of the teamspace.

description_html:optionalstring

HTML description of the teamspace.

description_json:optionalobject

JSON description of the teamspace. Send an object, not a string.

description_stripped:optionalstring

Plain-text version of the description.

logo_props:optionalobject

Logo of the teamspace. Send an object with in_use set to emoji or icon, plus a matching emoji or icon object.

lead:optionalstring

ID of the user who leads the teamspace.

Scopes ​

write or teamspaces:write

Create a teamspace
bash
curl -X POST \
  "https://api.plane.so/api/v1/workspaces/my-workspace/teamspaces/" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $PLANE_API_KEY" \
  # Or use -H "Authorization: Bearer $PLANE_OAUTH_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "name": "Engineering Team",
  "description_html": "<p>Engineering team workspace</p>",
  "logo_props": {
    "in_use": "emoji",
    "emoji": {
      "value": "1f680"
    }
  },
  "lead": "16c61a3a-512a-48ac-b0be-b6b46fe6f430"
}'
Response201
json
{
  "id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
  "created_at": "2023-11-19T11:56:55.176802Z",
  "updated_at": "2023-11-19T11:56:55.176809Z",
  "deleted_at": null,
  "name": "Engineering Team",
  "description_json": {},
  "description_html": "<p>Engineering team workspace</p>",
  "description_stripped": null,
  "description_binary": null,
  "logo_props": {
    "in_use": "emoji",
    "emoji": {
      "value": "1f680"
    }
  },
  "created_by": "16c61a3a-512a-48ac-b0be-b6b46fe6f430",
  "updated_by": null,
  "workspace": "cd4ab5a2-1a5f-4516-a6c6-8da1a9fa5be4",
  "lead": "16c61a3a-512a-48ac-b0be-b6b46fe6f430"
}