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Create an organization's directory connection

POST/portal/v1/accounts/{accountSlug}/applications/{appSlug}/environments/{envSlug}/organizations/{id}/directory

Opens directory sync for the organization. Refused while the application owner has named no role for arriving people to hold.

Authentication

Bearer TokenAuthorization

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

Requires capability env_organizations.manageDeveloper Console

Switch the organizations container on and off and create, rename, and delete organizations. Granted through an administrator role in the Admin Workspace; a valid token without it is refused with 403.

Path Parameters

accountSlugstring Required

The Account's slug. An unknown one answers 404.

appSlugstring Required

The Application's slug within the Account.

envSlugstring Required

The Environment's slug within the Application.

idstring Required

Responses

application/json

  • dataOrganizationDirectoryResponseDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

Errors

When the request can't be completed, the response body includes a stable error code you can branch on, and a correlation_id (also sent as the X-Correlation-Id header). Quote the correlation id when you contact support: it identifies the exact request in Canopy's logs.

403account.capability_requiredForbidden
When it happens

The signed-in user's administrator roles do not grant the capability this endpoint requires.

Remediation

Ask an account administrator to grant a role carrying the capability named in the Authentication section, then retry.

Returned object

OrganizationDirectoryResponseDtoView all properties on this resource
Request
curl -X POST "https://auth.canopy-io.com/portal/v1/accounts/value/applications/value/environments/value/organizations/value/directory" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANOPY_TOKEN"
Response
{
  "data": {
    "id": "string",
    "base_url": "string",
    "created_at": "2026-04-20T12:00:00.000Z",
    "grantable_roles": [
      {
        "id": "string",
        "name": "string",
        "description": "string",
        "is_default": false
      }
    ],
    "grantable_roles_source": "organization"
  }
}
 Related endpoints
GETList organizations
POSTCreate an organization
DELETEDelete every organization
GETGet the Environment's organization totals
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
GETGet 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
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
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 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
GETList an organization's invitations
POSTInvite a member into an organization
DELETERevoke an organization invitation
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