Organizations API

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Create organization

History
  • Introduced in GitLab 17.5 with a flag named allow_organization_creation. Disabled by default. This feature is an experiment.
The availability of this feature is controlled by a feature flag. For more information, see the history.

Creates a new organization.

This endpoint is an experiment and might be changed or removed without notice. 

POST /organizations

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
name string yes The name of the organization
path string yes The path of the organization
description string no The description of the organization
avatar file no The avatar image for the organization

Example request: 

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
--form "name=New Organization" \
--form "path=new-org" \
--form "description=A new organization" \
--form "avatar=@/path/to/avatar.png" \
"https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/organizations"

Example response: 

{
  "id": 42,
  "name": "New Organization",
  "path": "new-org",
  "description": "A new organization",
  "created_at": "2024-09-18T02:35:15.371Z",
  "updated_at": "2024-09-18T02:35:15.371Z",
  "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/-/organizations/new-org",
  "avatar_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/-/system/organizations/organization_detail/avatar/42/avatar.png"
}