---
title: "Create a data project"
method: POST
path: "/projects/{owner}"
tags: ["projects"]
---

# Create a data project

`POST /projects/{owner}`

Create a new project.

## Path parameters

- `owner` string, required

## Request body

- ProjectCreateRequest
  - `files` FileCreateRequest[]
    - `description` string
    - `labels` string[]
    - `name` string, required
    - `source` FileSourceCreateRequest, required
      - `authorization` WebAuthorization
        - `credentials` string
        - `type` string, required
      - `credentials` WebCredentials
        - `password` string
        - `user` string, required
      - `dataTables` object
      - `databaseMetadataSpec` DatabaseMetadataSpecDto
        - `tableSpecs` TableMetadataSpecDto[]
          - `database` string
          - `schema` string
          - `tablePrefixes` string[]
          - `tableTypes` string[]
          - `tables` string[]
      - `databaseSource` DatabaseSourceReference
        - `id` string, uuid, required
        - `owner` string, required
      - `dwccSpec` DwccSpecDto
        - `databaseId` string
        - `metadataToExclude` string[]
        - `sourceDatabase` string
        - `sourceSchemas` string[]
        - `targetCatalog` string
      - `expandArchive` boolean
      - `method` 'GET' | 'POST'
      - `oauthToken` OauthTokenReference
        - `id` string, uuid, required
        - `owner` string, required
        - `site` string, required
      - `requestEntity` string
      - `requestHeaders` object
      - `tableSpec` SingleTableMetadataSpecDto
        - `database` string
        - `schema` string
        - `table` string
        - `tableType` 'EXTRACT' | 'VIRTUAL'
      - `url` string, uri
      - `useDwCredentials` boolean
      - `viewRequest` ViewRequestDto
        - `baseAgentId` string, required
        - `baseDatasetId` string, required
        - `queryId` string, uuid
        - `queryName` string, required
        - `queryText` string
        - `queryType` 'SPARQL' | 'SQL', required
        - `runAsAgentId` string, required
        - `targetAgentId` string, required
        - `targetDatasetId` string, required
  - `license` 'Public Domain, PDDL, CC-0, CC-BY, CDLA-Permissive-1.0, CC-BY-IGO, CC-BY 3.0, CC-BY 3.0 AU, CC-BY 3.0 IGO, CC-BY-SA, CC-BY-SA 3.0, CDLA-Sharing-1.0, CC BY-NC, CC BY-ND, CC BY-ND 3.0, CC-BY 3.0 NZ, CC-BY-NC 3.0, CC BY-NC-ND, CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0, CC-BY-SA 3.0 NZ, CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ, CC-BY-NC 3.0 NZ, CC-BY-NC-ND-NZ-3.0, CC BY-NC-SA, Italian-ODL, MIT License, OGL, OGL-Canada, OGL-Nova Scotia, OGL-UK, OSODL, ODC-BY, ODC-ODbL, Other'
  - `linkedDatasets` LinkedDatasetCreateOrUpdateRequest[]
    - `id` string, required
    - `owner` string, required
  - `objective` string
  - `properties` object — Create/update any property that is associated with a metadata presentation. Key is the IRI of the property. Value is the intended value of the property.
  - `summary` string
  - `tags` string[]
  - `title` string, required
  - `visibility` 'OPEN, PRIVATE', required

## Response `200`

Project created successfully.

- CreateProjectResponse
  - `message` string
  - `uri` string, uri, required

---

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