---
title: "create group"
method: POST
path: "/auth/groups"
tags: ["auth"]
---

# create group

`POST /auth/groups`

## Request body

- GroupCreation
  - `id` string, required
  - `description` string

## Response `201`

group

- Group
  - `id` string, required
  - `name` string
  - `description` string
  - `creation_date` integer, required — Unix Epoch in seconds

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `404` — Resource Not Found
- `429` — too many requests
- `default` — Internal Server Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/treeverse/lakefs-api/revisions/4617f80bee61/schema)