---
title: "Create Annotation in Graphite format."
method: POST
path: "/annotations/graphite"
tags: ["annotations"]
---

# Create Annotation in Graphite format.

`POST /annotations/graphite`

Creates an annotation by using Graphite-compatible event format. The `when` and `data` fields are optional. If `when` is not specified then the current time will be used as annotation’s timestamp. The `tags` field can also be in prior to Graphite `0.10.0` format (string with multiple tags being separated by a space).

## Request body

- PostGraphiteAnnotationsCmd
  - `data` string
  - `tags` unknown
  - `what` string
  - `when` integer

## Response `200`

(empty)

- object
  - `id` integer, required — ID Identifier of the created annotation.
  - `message` string, required — Message Message of the created annotation.

## Other responses

- `400` — BadRequestError is returned when the request is invalid and it cannot be processed.
- `401` — UnauthorizedError is returned when the request is not authenticated.
- `403` — ForbiddenError is returned if the user/token has insufficient permissions to access the requested resource.
- `500` — InternalServerError is a general error indicating something went wrong internally.

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