Create a Tulip Table
- 04 Mar 2025
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Create a Tulip Table
- Updated on 04 Mar 2025
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Post
/tables
Creates a new Tulip Table.
Requires the tables:write API key scope.
Security
HTTP
Type basic
Access to the Tulip API requires the use of HTTP Basic Authentication using the credentials of an active Tulip API Token. All requests require the Authorization HTTP header with the Basic scheme to provide API credentials unless otherwise noted.
API tokens can be configured with a set of scopes which determine what parts of the API that specific token has access to. Security best practices dictate that API credentials be given the minimum set of capabilities required to fulfill their intended purpose. For example, an API token created for use in an integration that is only designed to use the Tables API should probably only be given the tables:read and tables:write scopes. In this way you can minimize risk in the event that API credentials are compromised. API endpoints will document what API token scopes are required to access that endpoint in their descriptions. If a request is made to an endpoint with an API token which does not have the required scopes, the response will be an authorization error.
Body parameters
The spec for creating a Tulip Table.
object
label
string Required
The display label for the Table.
Min length1
Max length255
description
string Required
A long-form description for the Table.
columns
Array of object
Max length100
object
name
string Required
The name of the column. Must start with a letter and contain only letters, numbers, and underscores. Must be unique to this Table. The name id is reserved and cannot be specified when creating a Tulip Table.
Min length1
Max length50
Pattern^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_]+$
label
string Required
The display label for the column.
Min length1
Max length255
description
string Required
A long-form description for the column.
dataType
object (TypedObjectType) Required
The type of a value in Tulip.
hidden
boolean Required
Whether the column should be hidden in the Tulip Tables UI.
unique
boolean Required
Whether the values in the column must be unique. This property must always be false for columns except id.
Valid values[ "False" ]
Responses
201
The Tulip Table was created successfully. The details of the created Table are returned in the response.
Headers
Location
stringRequired
A relative URL at which the details of the created Table can be fetched.
object
Example{ "id": "gthSX9t3tY2cJfBWe", "label": "Bike", "description": "A Bicycle", "createdAt": "2019-01-15T17:30:01.244Z", "createdBy": "N24uug8iXSTWR39rB", "updatedAt": "2019-01-15T17:31:20.002Z", "updatedBy": "N24uug8iXSTWR39rB", "columns": [ { "name": "id", "label": "ID", "description": "", "dataType": { "type": "string" }, "hidden": false, "unique": true }, { "name": "ahvbb_model_number", "label": "Model Number", "description": "", "dataType": { "type": "string" }, "hidden": false, "unique": false }, { "name": "auznd_color", "label": "Color", "description": "", "dataType": { "type": "string" }, "hidden": false, "unique": false }, { "name": "irrip_completed", "label": "Completed", "description": "", "dataType": { "type": "boolean" }, "hidden": false, "unique": false }, { "name": "umiyk_durability_test_duration", "label": "Durability Test Duration", "description": "", "dataType": { "type": "interval" }, "hidden": false, "unique": false } ] }
id
Exampleg56RCoZCtzv7borvp
createdAt
createdBy
Exampleg56RCoZCtzv7borvp
updatedAt
updatedBy
Exampleg56RCoZCtzv7borvp
deletedAt
string (date-time)
deletedBy
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$
Exampleg56RCoZCtzv7borvp
label
string
The display label for this Table.
description
string
A long-form description for this Table.
columns
Array of object (TulipTableColumn)
object
Example{ "name": "ahvbb_model_number", "label": "Model Number", "description": "", "dataType": { "type": "string" }, "hidden": false, "unique": false }
name
string
The internal id of this column.
Pattern^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$
label
string
The display label for this column.
description
string
A long-form description for this column.
dataType
object (TypedObjectType)
The type of a value in Tulip.
hidden
boolean
Whether this column is hidden from the UI or not.
unique
boolean
Whether values in this column are required to be unique or not.
400
The request was malformed. This could mean that headers, query parameters, or the request body was unable to be parsed or had unexpected values.
object
errorCode
string
errorUniqueID
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9+/]+$
Exampleaq21mSKC1rbO87TjC/4Hz2EJHd/v+jxf7MtC315vo0Y
details
string
401
The request was made unauthorized. HTTP Basic Authorization using a Tulip API Key is required for use of the API.
object
errorCode
string
errorUniqueID
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9+/]+$
Exampleaq21mSKC1rbO87TjC/4Hz2EJHd/v+jxf7MtC315vo0Y
details
string
403
The provided authentication info was rejected. The response will provide additional details.
object
errorCode
string
errorUniqueID
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9+/]+$
Exampleaq21mSKC1rbO87TjC/4Hz2EJHd/v+jxf7MtC315vo0Y
details
string
422
The request was malformed. This could mean that headers, query parameters, or the request body was unable to be parsed or had unexpected values.
object
errorCode
string
errorUniqueID
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9+/]+$
Exampleaq21mSKC1rbO87TjC/4Hz2EJHd/v+jxf7MtC315vo0Y
details
string
500
The server encountered an unexpected error.
object
errorCode
string
errorUniqueID
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9+/]+$
Exampleaq21mSKC1rbO87TjC/4Hz2EJHd/v+jxf7MtC315vo0Y
details
string
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