---
title: "Create Service"
method: POST
path: "/v1/catalog-services"
tags: ["Catalog Services"]
---

# Create Service

`POST /v1/catalog-services`

Creates a service.

## Request body

- CreateCatalogService
  - `name` string, required — The machine name of the Service that uniquely identifies it within the catalog.
  - `display_name` string, required — The display name of the Service.
  - `description` string, nullable — Optionally provide a description of the Service.
  - `labels` Labels — Labels store metadata of an entity that can be used for filtering an entity list or for searching across entity types. Keys must be of length 1-63 characters, and cannot start with "kong", "konnect", "mesh", "kic", or "_".
  - `custom_fields` CustomFields — Map of customizable, catalog-defined fields providing information about a service.

## Response `201`

A response containing a single service object.

- CatalogService — The service object contains information about a Service Catalog service.
  - `id` string, uuid, required — The service ID.
  - `name` string, required — The machine name of the Service that uniquely identifies it within the catalog.
  - `display_name` string, required — The display name of the Service.
  - `description` string, nullable, required — Optionally provide a description of the Service.
  - `custom_fields` CustomFields, required — Map of customizable, catalog-defined fields providing information about a service.
  - `labels` Labels, required — Labels store metadata of an entity that can be used for filtering an entity list or for searching across entity types. Keys must be of length 1-63 characters, and cannot start with "kong", "konnect", "mesh", "kic", or "_".
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required — An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity creation date.
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required — An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity update date.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/kong/apis/konnect-api-go-sdk.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/kong/apis/konnect-api-go-sdk/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/kong/konnect-api-go-sdk/versions/f920f418f552/schema)