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id: create-a-new-list
title: "Create a new list"
description: "Create a new list"
sidebar_label: "Create a new list"
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  children={"Create a new list"}
>
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<MethodEndpoint
  method={"post"}
  path={"/lists"}
  context={"endpoint"}
>
  
</MethodEndpoint>



Create a new list

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  children={"Request"}
>
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<ParamsDetails
  parameters={undefined}
>
  
</ParamsDetails>

<RequestSchema
  title={"Body"}
  body={{"description":"The list to create","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"name":{"type":"string","minLength":1,"maxLength":100},"description":{"type":"string","minLength":0,"maxLength":500},"icon":{"type":"string"},"type":{"type":"string","enum":["manual","smart"],"default":"manual"},"query":{"type":"string","minLength":1},"parentId":{"type":"string","nullable":true}},"required":["name","icon"]}}}}}
>
  
</RequestSchema>

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  responses={{"201":{"description":"The created list","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"id":{"type":"string"},"name":{"type":"string"},"description":{"type":"string","nullable":true},"icon":{"type":"string"},"parentId":{"type":"string","nullable":true},"type":{"type":"string","enum":["manual","smart"],"default":"manual"},"query":{"type":"string","nullable":true},"public":{"type":"boolean"}},"required":["id","name","icon","parentId","public"],"title":"List"}}}},"400":{"description":"Bad request","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"code":{"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string"}},"required":["code","message"]}}}}}}
>
  
</StatusCodes>