---
title: "Create Vector Store"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/vector_stores"
tags: ["vector_stores"]
---

# Create Vector Store

`POST /api/v1/vector_stores`

Create a new vector store.

## Query parameters

- `context_id` string, uuid, nullable

## Request body

- CreateVectorStoreRequest — Request to create a new vector store.
  - `name` string, required — Name of the vector store
  - `dimension` integer, required — Dimension of the vectors to be stored
  - `model_id` string, required

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- AdkServerApiSchemaCommonEntityModelClassGetitemLocalsModelOutput16
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `name` string, nullable
  - `model_id` string, required
  - `dimension` integer, required
  - `created_at` string, date-time
  - `last_active_at` string, date-time
  - `created_by` string, uuid, required
  - `stats` VectorStoreStats
    - `usage_bytes` integer, required
    - `num_documents` integer, required
  - `context_id` string, uuid, nullable

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

---

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