# Create a design space

> POST /spaces

Source: https://mockflow.com/developers/reference/spaces/create-space

**POST** `https://api.mockflow.com/v1/spaces`  
Scopes: `boards:write`

**curl**

```bash
curl https://api.mockflow.com/v1/spaces \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MOCKFLOW_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "name": "Q4 Launch Planning"
}'
```

**JavaScript**

```javascript
const response = await fetch("https://api.mockflow.com/v1/spaces", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MOCKFLOW_API_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "name": "Q4 Launch Planning"
})
});

const data = await response.json();
```

**Python**

```python
import os, requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.mockflow.com/v1/spaces",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['MOCKFLOW_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
  "name": "Q4 Launch Planning"
},
)

response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
```

**201**

```json
{
  "id": "string",
  "name": "Q4 Launch Planning",
  "builtIn": false,
  "role": "owner",
  "boardCount": 0,
  "memberCount": 0
}
```

**402**

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "plan_limit",
    "message": "AI credits exhausted. 0 of 2000 remaining this month.",
    "upgradeUrl": "https://mockflow.com/pricing"
  },
  "requestId": "req_01ja"
}
```

**429**

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "Too many requests.",
    "docsUrl": "https://mockflow.com/developers/concepts/errors#rate_limited"
  },
  "requestId": "req_45d49816999bac40"
}
```

Basic accounts have one space; the cap answers 402.

### Authorization

- `Authorization` (string, required): `Bearer <key>`. The key needs `boards:write` scope. Create and manage keys in the [developer console](/developers/console/); what each scope unlocks is on the [scopes page](/developers/concepts/scopes).

### Body

- `name` (string, required)

### Response

- `id` (string): A space id, or the reserved `default` and `trash`.
- `name` (string)
- `builtIn` (boolean)
- `role` (enum<string>): The product's roles. Owner is the workspace that holds the board or space and cannot be granted or transferred. Admin can rename and share, editor can edit, reviewer can view, export and add comment items. There is no viewer role and no pending state. One of `owner`, `admin`, `editor` or `reviewer`.
- `boardCount` (integer)
- `memberCount` (integer)
- `coverUrl` (string | null)
- `publicUrl` (string | null)
- `position` (integer): Dashboard order, lowest first.
- `createdBy` (string | null)
- `createdAt` (string | null)
- `updatedAt` (string | null)
- `deletedAt` (string | null)

### Errors

- 402 `plan_limit`: The workspace plan does not allow this, or AI credits are exhausted.
- 429 `rate_limited`: Too many requests.