---
title: "Create API"
slug: "apigateway-api-create"
updated: 2026-09-17T09:35:44Z
published: 2026-09-17T09:35:44Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/apigateway-api-create"
---

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# Create API

Available in Classic and VPC

Create a new API.

## Request

The following describes the request format for the endpoint. The request format is as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| POST | /api/v1/products/{product-id}/apis |

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all API Gateway APIs, see [API Gateway request headers](/docs/en/ai-application-service-apigateway#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request path parameters

You can use the following path parameters with your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `product-id` | String | Required | Product ID associated with the API |

### Request syntax

The request syntax is as follows.

```
{
  "apiName" : "apiName",
  "apiDescription" : "apiDescription"
}
```

### Request body

The following describes the request body.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `apiName` | String | Required | Name of the API to create - 1 to 20 characters, including English letters, numbers, and special characters "_" and "-" |
| `apiDescription` | String | Optional | Description for the API to create - 0 - 300 characters |

### Request example

The following is a sample request.

```
curl -X POST 'https://apigateway.apigw.ntruss.com/api/v1/products/{product-id}/apis' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--data '{
  "apiName" : "api-***",
  "apiDescription" : "api-*** Description"
}'
```

## Response

The following describes the response format.

### Response syntax

The response syntax is as follows.

```
{
    "api": {
        "productId": "productId",
        "apiId": "apiId",
        "apiName": "apiName",
        "apiDescription": "apiDescription",
        "tenantId": "tenantId",
        "modifier": "modifier",
        "modTime": "2024-05-13T01:58:13Z",
        "isDeleted": false,
        "domainCode": "PUB"
    }
}
```

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all API Gateway APIs, see [API Gateway response status codes](/docs/en/ai-application-service-apigateway#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The following is a sample response.

```
{
    "api": {
        "productId": "*****xn0bk",
        "apiId": "*****7kqa1",
        "apiName": "api-***",
        "apiDescription": "api-*** Description",
        "tenantId": "*****02f55ae4436913a6e2c65bab47c",
        "modifier": "d12c9fd0-****-****-****-246e96591a38",
        "modTime": "2024-05-13T01:58:13Z",
        "isDeleted": false,
        "domainCode": "PUB"
    }
}
```