Create a Project¶

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Note

Groups and projects are synonymous terms. Your {GROUP-ID} is the same as your project ID. For existing groups, your group/project ID remains the same. The resource and corresponding endpoints use the term groups.

The Atlas API uses HTTP Digest Authentication. Provide your Atlas username and API key as the username and password when constructing the HTTP request.

For complete documentation on configuring API access for an Atlas project, see Configure Atlas API Access.

Base URL: https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0

Syntax¶

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POST /api/atlas/v1.0/groups

Request Body Parameters¶

Name Type Description

name string Name of the project to create.

orgId

string

Unique identifier of the organization within which to create the project. This field is required when using API Key credentials.

If you are using Atlas user authentication and do not specify an orgId, Atlas creates an organization using the name value and places the project within that organization. The authenticated user automatically becomes the Organization Owner of the new organization and the Project Owner of the new project.

Important

To create a project using API Key credentials, you must specify an orgId. When you do, the oldest Owner of the specified organization automatically becomes a Project Owner for the newly created project.

Request Query Parameters¶

Field Required/Optional Description

envelope

Optional.

A boolean that specifies whether or not to wrap the response in an envelope.

Defaults to false.

pretty

Optional.

A boolean that specifies whether or not to return a “pretty-printed” JSON document.

Defaults to false.

HTTP Response Elements¶

Name	Description
`clusterCount`	The number of Atlas clusters deployed in the project.
`created`	The ISO-8601-formatted timestamp of when Atlas created the project.
`id`	The unique identifier of the project. You can use this value for populating the `{GROUP-ID}` parameter of other Atlas API endpoints.
`links`	An array of documents. Each element represents a link to one of the following resources: `/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/{GROUP-ID}/` A self-referential link to the project. `/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/{GROUP-ID}/containers` A link to the Network Peering container resource. `/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/{GROUP-ID}/clusters` A link to the Clusters resource. `/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/{GROUP-ID}/databaseUsers` A link to the Database Users resource. `/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/{GROUP-ID}/peers` A link to the Network Peering peering resource. `/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/{GROUP-ID}/processes` A link to the Monitoring and Logs resource. `/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/{GROUP-ID}/whitelist` A link to the Project IP Whitelist resource.
`name`	The name of the project. You can use this value for populating the `{GROUP-NAME}` parameter of the /groups/byName/{GROUP-NAME} endpoint.
`orgId`	The unique identifier of the Atlas organization to which the project belongs.

Example¶

Request¶

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curl -u "username:apiKey" --digest -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST "https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0/groups" --data '{ "name" : "ProjectFoobar", "orgId" : "5a0a1e7e0f2912c554080adc" }'

Response¶

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
  "clusterCount" : 0,
  "created" : "2016-07-14T14:19:33Z",
  "id" : "5a0a1e7e0f2912c554080ae6",
  "links" : [ {
    "href" : "https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/5a0a1e7e0f2912c554080ae6",
    "rel" : "self"
  }, {
    "href" : "https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/5a0a1e7e0f2912c554080ae6/containers",
    "rel" : "http://mms.mongodb.com/containers"
  }, {
    "href" : "https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/5a0a1e7e0f2912c554080ae6/clusters",
    "rel" : "http://mms.mongodb.com/clusters"
  }, {
    "href" : "https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/5a0a1e7e0f2912c554080ae6/databaseUsers",
    "rel" : "http://mms.mongodb.com/databaseUsers"
  }, {
    "href" : "https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/5a0a1e7e0f2912c554080ae6/peers",
    "rel" : "http://mms.mongodb.com/peers"
  }, {
    "href" : "https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/5a0a1e7e0f2912c554080ae6/processes",
    "rel" : "http://mms.mongodb.com/processes"
  }, {
    "href" : "https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/5a0a1e7e0f2912c554080ae6/whitelist",
    "rel" : "http://mms.mongodb.com/whitelist"
  } ],
  "name" : "ProjectFoobar",
  "orgId" : "5a0a1e7e0f2912c554080adc"
}

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