---
title: "Create data point"
method: POST
path: "/v1/channels/data"
tags: ["Channels"]
---

# Create data point

`POST /v1/channels/data`

Send a new data point to a channel for automated AI analysis. Each data point represents a single piece of customer feedback (e.g. an app review, a support ticket, or an NPS response).

The `text` field contains the content to analyze, and `timestamp` records when the feedback was originally received (in ISO 8601 format). You can optionally attach `source_title` and `source_url` to track provenance, and include `metadata` key-value pairs for additional context.

Once created, Dovetail will automatically classify the data point against the channel's topics.

Returns the data point object without the text content.

## Request body

- object
  - `text` string, required — The data point's content, used to analyze and classify the data point.
  - `channel_id` string, required — Unique identifier of the channel that the data point is associated with.
  - `timestamp` string, required — The data point's timestamp in ISO8601 format.
  - `source_title` string — The title of the original source from which this data point was extracted.
  - `source_url` string — The URL of the original source from which this data point was extracted.
  - `metadata` object — Optional key-value metadata to be included with the data point.

## Response `201`

201

- object
  - `data` object, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `url` string — The URL of this resource in the Dovetail web app. This field is experimental and may change without notice.
    - `channel` object, required
      - `id` string, required
    - `timestamp` string, required
    - `created_at` string, required

## Other responses

- `400` — 400
- `401` — 401
- `403` — 403
- `404` — 404
- `422` — 422
- `429` — 429
- `500` — 500

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