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Create an organization

POST/api/v1/organizations

Creates an organization from a name (slug auto-derived, display-only) with optional description, metadata, and external_id (your own id for it, unique per Environment; a repeat answers 409 organization.external_id_conflict, so create-then-store is idempotent). The Environment must have organizations enabled (409 organization.not_enabled otherwise); the container is independent of the access model, so flat and hierarchy Environments both hold organizations. Requires the hierarchy.manage permission and emits organization.created.

Authentication

Bearer TokenAuthorization Option A

JWT access token. Never send alongside X-API-Key: a request carrying both is refused.

API KeyX-API-Key Option B

API key for management-tier access. Never send alongside an Authorization header: a request carrying both is refused.

Request body

application/json

namestring Required

Organization name. The slug is auto-derived from it at create and never changes afterwards.

descriptionstring Optional

Organization description

metadataobject Optional

Free-form metadata stored on the organization, returned as sent.

external_idstring Optional

Your own id for this organization (the account id in your database), unique per Environment. Look the organization up with `GET /api/v1/organizations?external_id=...`; a second create with the same value answers 409, so create-then-store is idempotent.

max length 255

Responses

application/json

  • dataOrganizationResponseDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

Returned object

OrganizationResponseDtoView all properties on this resource
Request
curl -X POST "https://auth.canopy-io.com/api/v1/organizations" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $CANOPY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "metadata": {},
    "external_id": "string"
  }'
Response
{
  "data": {
    "id": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "slug": "string",
    "metadata": {},
    "external_id": "string",
    "member_count": 0,
    "pending_invite_count": 0,
    "created_at": "2026-04-20T12:00:00.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-04-20T12:00:00.000Z",
    "version": 0
  }
}
 Related endpoints
GETWhat the caller administers in an organization
GETList the organization's tree as the caller sees it
GETList who holds a role at a node in the organization
GETSummarize who holds a role at a node in the organization
GETList the roles the caller may grant at a node
GETList the organization's members, for granting a role at a node
POSTGrant a role at a node beneath the organization
PATCHChange a grant in the organization
DELETETake a grant in the organization away
GETList organizations
DELETEDelete every organization
GETGet an organization
PATCHUpdate an organization
DELETEDelete an organization
GETGet an organization's authentication policy
PATCHUpdate an organization's authentication policy
POSTRegenerate the organization's SSO recovery codes
POSTStart a test sign-in on the organization's connection
GETRead the organization's test sign-in
GETList the organization's domain claims
POSTClaim a domain for the organization
POSTVerify one of the organization's domains
DELETERemove one of the organization's domain claims
GETList an organization's SSO connections
POSTBind an SSO connection to an organization
DELETEUnbind an SSO connection from an organization
GETList an organization's members
POSTAdd a member to an organization
DELETERemove a member from an organization
POSTReset a member's multi-factor authentication
GETList an organization's invitations
POSTInvite a member into an organization
GETList the roles an organization may assign
DELETERevoke an organization invitation
GETGet an organization's SSO connection
POSTSet up an organization's SSO connection
PATCHChange an organization's SSO connection
DELETERemove an organization's SSO connection
POSTActivate an organization's SSO connection
POSTDisable an organization's SSO connection
POSTImport the identity provider's SAML metadata
GETList the connection's recent sign-ins
GETList the roles the organization's SSO sign-ins may arrive with
GETGet the service-provider values for an organization's SSO connection
GETGet an organization's directory connection
POSTCreate an organization's directory connection
DELETERemove an organization's directory connection
GETList an organization's directory-sync tokens
POSTMint a directory-sync token for an organization
POSTReplace a directory-sync token without an outage
DELETERevoke a directory-sync token
GETRecent directory-sync activity for an organization
GETList the roles an organization's directory may grant
PUTReplace the roles an organization's directory may grant
GETList the groups an organization's provider has pushed
PUTMap a pushed group to one of the available roles
DELETEClear a pushed group's role mapping
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