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POST
/
projects
/
{projectIdOrName}
/
topics
Create a topic
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.withampersand.com/v1/projects/{projectIdOrName}/topics \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-Api-Key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "system-alerts"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.withampersand.com/v1/projects/{projectIdOrName}/topics"

payload = { "name": "system-alerts" }
headers = {
    "X-Api-Key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'X-Api-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({name: 'system-alerts'})
};

fetch('https://api.withampersand.com/v1/projects/{projectIdOrName}/topics', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.withampersand.com/v1/projects/{projectIdOrName}/topics",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'system-alerts'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "X-Api-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.withampersand.com/v1/projects/{projectIdOrName}/topics"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"system-alerts\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.withampersand.com/v1/projects/{projectIdOrName}/topics")
  .header("X-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"system-alerts\"\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.withampersand.com/v1/projects/{projectIdOrName}/topics")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-Api-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"system-alerts\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "id": "<string>",
  "name": "system-alerts",
  "projectId": "<string>",
  "createTime": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updateTime": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
{
  "type": "urn:problem-type:exampleOrganization:exampleProblem",
  "href": "https://www.belgif.be/specification/rest/api-guide/#standardized-problem-types",
  "title": "Description of the type of problem that occurred",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "Description of specific occurrence of the problem",
  "instance": "urn:uuid:123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
}
{
  "type": "urn:problem-type:exampleOrganization:exampleProblem",
  "href": "https://www.belgif.be/specification/rest/api-guide/#standardized-problem-types",
  "title": "Description of the type of problem that occurred",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "Description of specific occurrence of the problem",
  "instance": "urn:uuid:123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
}
{
  "type": "about:blank",
  "href": "https://www.belgif.be/specification/rest/api-guide/#standardized-problem-types",
  "title": "Bad Request",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "The input message is incorrect",
  "instance": "123456-1234-1235-4567489798",
  "issues": [
    {
      "type": "about:blank",
      "detail": "exampleNumericProperty should be numeric",
      "in": "path",
      "name": "exampleNumericProperty",
      "value": "abc"
    },
    {
      "type": "about:blank",
      "title": "Input isn't valid with respect to schema",
      "detail": "examplePropertyWithPattern a2345678901 doesn't match pattern '^\\d{11}$'",
      "in": "body",
      "name": "items[0].examplePropertyWithPattern",
      "value": "a2345678901"
    }
  ]
}
{
  "type": "urn:problem-type:exampleOrganization:exampleProblem",
  "href": "https://www.belgif.be/specification/rest/api-guide/#standardized-problem-types",
  "title": "Description of the type of problem that occurred",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "Description of specific occurrence of the problem",
  "instance": "urn:uuid:123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
}

Authorizations

​
X-Api-Key
string
header
required

Path Parameters

​
projectIdOrName
string
required

The Ampersand project ID or project name.

Body

application/json
​
name
string
required

The name of the topic. Must contain only letters, numbers, and dashes.

Maximum string length: 64
Example:

"system-alerts"

Response

Created

​
id
string
required

The topic ID.

​
name
string
required

The name of the topic. Must contain only letters, numbers, and dashes.

Maximum string length: 64
Example:

"system-alerts"

​
projectId
string
required

The Ampersand project ID.

​
createTime
string<date-time>
required

The time when the topic was created.

​
updateTime
string<date-time>

The time when the topic was last updated.