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

# Create topic

`POST /v1/channels/topic`

Create a new topic within a channel. Topics are categories used by Dovetail's AI to classify incoming data points. Each topic has a title and description that guide how data is sorted.

You must specify the `channel_id` that this topic belongs to. After creating a topic, new data points sent to the channel will be evaluated against it during classification.

Returns the newly created topic object.

## Request body

- object
  - `title` string, required — The topic's title.
  - `description` string, required — The topic's description.
  - `channel_id` string, required — Unique identifier of the channel.

## Response `201`

201

- object
  - `data` object, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `title` string, required
    - `description` string, required
    - `channel` object, required
      - `id` 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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