POST /projects/{project}/table

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api-zangtable.com/projects/{project}/table \
  --header 'Authorization: <authorization>'

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: '<authorization>'}};

fetch('https://api-zangtable.com/projects/{project}/table', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api-zangtable.com/projects/{project}/table",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: <authorization>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api-zangtable.com/projects/{project}/table"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<authorization>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api-zangtable.com/projects/{project}/table")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<authorization>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {},
  "error": {},
  "request_id": "<string>"
}

POST

https://api-zangtable.com

projects

{project}

table

POST /projects/{project}/table

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api-zangtable.com/projects/{project}/table \
  --header 'Authorization: <authorization>'

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: '<authorization>'}};

fetch('https://api-zangtable.com/projects/{project}/table', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api-zangtable.com/projects/{project}/table",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: <authorization>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api-zangtable.com/projects/{project}/table"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<authorization>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api-zangtable.com/projects/{project}/table")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<authorization>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {},
  "error": {},
  "request_id": "<string>"
}

Creates a table and its initial columns.

Endpoint details

string

required

Bearer pat_... (Project API Token). Keep this token on your backend/server.

string

required

Project slug. This acts as the Project ID in API paths.

boolean

required

true for a successful response and false for an error response.

object | null

Endpoint-specific response data when ok is true; null on errors.

object | null

Error code and message when ok is false; null on success.

string

required

Request identifier you can use when troubleshooting a specific API call.

Authentication

Project API Token.

Parameters

Body: table_name required identifier; display_name optional string; columns optional array. If no primary key is supplied, id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT is prepended.

Notes

Table names must be valid identifiers. If you create a column without passing column_type, ZangTable uses TEXT.

Request examples

Basic request:

curl -X POST "$BASE_URL/projects/{project}/table" \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer pat_PROJECT_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"table_name":"contacts","display_name":"Contacts"}'

Full request:

curl -X POST "$BASE_URL/projects/{project}/table" \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer pat_PROJECT_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-Operation-Key: edit-profile-email' \
  -H 'X-Operation-Run-Id: oprun_client_20260602_001' \
  --data '{"table_name":"contacts","display_name":"Contacts","columns":[{"column_name":"id","column_type":"INTEGER","is_primary":true,"is_nullable":false,"is_unique":true},{"column_name":"email","column_type":"TEXT","is_nullable":false,"is_unique":true},{"column_name":"age","column_type":"INTEGER","is_nullable":true,"default_value":null}]}'

Response examples

Success:

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "table": {
      "id": 1,
      "table_name": "contacts",
      "display_name": "Contacts",
      "created_at": "2026-06-02T01:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-06-02T01:00:00Z"
    },
    "columns": [
      {
        "id": 1,
        "table_name": "contacts",
        "column_name": "id",
        "column_type": "INTEGER",
        "is_nullable": 0,
        "default_value": null,
        "is_primary": 1,
        "is_unique": 1,
        "created_at": "2026-06-02T01:00:00Z",
        "updated_at": "2026-06-02T01:00:00Z"
      },
      {
        "id": 2,
        "table_name": "contacts",
        "column_name": "email",
        "column_type": "TEXT",
        "is_nullable": 0,
        "default_value": null,
        "is_primary": 0,
        "is_unique": 1,
        "created_at": "2026-06-02T01:00:00Z",
        "updated_at": "2026-06-02T01:00:00Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "error": null,
  "request_id": "req_20260602T012345_123456Z_abc123def456",
  "operation_key": "edit-profile-email",
  "operation_run_id": "oprun_20260602T012300_000000Z_a1b2c3d4e5f6",
  "operation_grouping_status": "accepted_provided_run",
  "meta": {
    "generated_at": "2026-06-02T01:23:45Z"
  }
}

Error or alternate response:

{
  "ok": false,
  "data": null,
  "error": {
    "code": "table_exists",
    "message": "A table with that name already exists."
  },
  "request_id": "req_20260602T012345_123456Z_abc123def456",
  "meta": {
    "generated_at": "2026-06-02T01:23:45Z"
  }
}

Overview

Projects

Project API Tokens

Tables

Columns

Query and indexes

Records

Exports

POST /projects/{project}/table

Endpoint details

Authentication

Parameters

Notes

Request examples

Response examples

​Endpoint details

​Authentication

​Parameters

​Notes

​Request examples

​Response examples

Endpoint details

Authentication

Parameters

Notes

Request examples

Response examples