Create a label

Create a new label in the workspace

POST/labels

Authorization

AuthorizationBearer token · headerrequired

API key authentication. Generate an API key from your workspace settings.

Request body

requiredapplication/json

namestringrequired

min length 1

colorstringrequired

Allowed:yellowpurpleorangeredbrowngreen

Responses

200

Label created

idstring<uuid>

namestring

colorstring

Hex color code

backgroundColorstring

Hex background color code

createdAtstring<date-time>

updatedAtstring<date-time>

400

Bad Request - Invalid input parameters

codestring

messagestring

dataobject

Show properties

errorsobject

401

Unauthorized - Missing or invalid API key

codestring

messagestring

409

Conflict - Resource already exists

codestring

messagestring

Try it

Server

Base URLCustom base URLOverrides the selected server when set.

Authorization

Bearer tokenRemember on this deviceInclude my values in samples

Bodyapplication/json

namestring*colorstring*

Request

curl -X POST 'https://app.tryordinal.com/api/v1/labels' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "name": "Engineering",
  "color": "green"
}'

const response = await fetch("https://app.tryordinal.com/api/v1/labels", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: "{\n  \"name\": \"Engineering\",\n  \"color\": \"green\"\n}"
});

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://app.tryordinal.com/api/v1/labels",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    data="{\n  \"name\": \"Engineering\",\n  \"color\": \"green\"\n}",
)

Response

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440402",
  "name": "Engineering",
  "color": "#16a34a",
  "backgroundColor": "#dcfce7",
  "createdAt": "2026-01-05T10:30:00.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-01-05T10:30:00.000Z"
}

{
  "code": "BAD_REQUEST",
  "message": "Bad Request",
  "data": {
    "errors": {
      "publishAt": [
        "Invalid date format"
      ],
      "status": [
        "Invalid enum value"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
  "message": "Invalid or unauthorized API key"
}

{
  "code": "CONFLICT",
  "message": "Label with name \"Marketing\" already exists"
}