---
title: "Create glossary"
slug: "papago-createglossary"
tags: ["Papago Translation"]
updated: 2026-09-17T09:35:51Z
published: 2026-09-17T09:35:51Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/papago-createglossary"
---

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# Create glossary

Available in Classic and VPC

Create a glossary. The glossary helps you maintain translation consistency when using Papago Text Translation and Papago Doc Translation. You can manage glossaries through the API and in the NAVER Cloud Platform console.

Note

For more information on how to manage glossaries in the NAVER Cloud Platform console, see [Glossary](https://guide.ncloud-docs.com/docs/en/papagotranslation-use-glossary) in the Papago Text Translation user guide.

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| POST | /create |

### Request headers

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

### Request body

You can include the following data in the body of your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `glossaryName` | String | Required | Glossary name - Up to 20 characters |
| `description` | String | Optional | Glossary description - Up to 50 characters |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request POST 'https://papago.apigw.ntruss.com/glossary/v1/create' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {x-ncp-apigw-timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {x-ncp-iam-access-key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "glossaryName": "GlossaryTest1",
    "description": "This is a description of the GlossaryTest1 glossary."
}'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response body

The response body includes the following data:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `data` | Object | - | Glossary creation details |
| `data.glossaryKey` | String | - | Glossary ID |

### Response status codes

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

### Response example

The response example is as follows:

```
{
    "data": {
        "glossaryKey": "{glossaryKey}"
    }
}
```