createCollection

Create a Collection (saved tag set) in the current workspace.

MCP: createCollection

Arguments

input CreateCollectionInput! required: Mutation input.

Returns

collection Collection: The newly created Collection. Null on validation failure.
userErrors [UserError!]!: List of user-facing validation errors. Empty on success.

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Values are sampled from a demo workspace — substitute your own token and workspace id.

Create a saved Collection (tag set) in the workspace.

query.graphql

mutation CreateCollectionDefault($input: CreateCollectionInput!) {
  createCollection(input: $input) {
    collection {
      id
      name
      itemCount
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}

variables.json

{
  "input": {
    "name": "Holiday Favorites"
  }
}

Headers

Authorization: Bearer docs_demo_token_0000000000000000000000
WORKSPACE-ID: 6ccefa76-e8ba-5ab0-9c60-e48a9e235a4a

Request · cURL

curl https://app.archive.com/api/v2 \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer docs_demo_token_0000000000000000000000' \
  -H 'WORKSPACE-ID: 6ccefa76-e8ba-5ab0-9c60-e48a9e235a4a' \
  -d '{
  "query": "mutation CreateCollectionDefault($input: CreateCollectionInput!) {\n  createCollection(input: $input) {\n    collection {\n      id\n      name\n      itemCount\n    }\n    userErrors {\n      field\n      message\n    }\n  }\n}",
  "variables": {
    "input": {
      "name": "Holiday Favorites"
    }
  }
}'

Request · Node.js

const response = await fetch("https://app.archive.com/api/v2", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer docs_demo_token_0000000000000000000000",
    "WORKSPACE-ID": "6ccefa76-e8ba-5ab0-9c60-e48a9e235a4a"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    query: `mutation CreateCollectionDefault($input: CreateCollectionInput!) {
  createCollection(input: $input) {
    collection {
      id
      name
      itemCount
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}`,
    variables: {
      "input": {
        "name": "Holiday Favorites"
      }
    }
  })
})
console.log(JSON.stringify(await response.json(), null, 2))

Request · Ruby

require "json"
require "net/http"

query = <<~'GRAPHQL'
  mutation CreateCollectionDefault($input: CreateCollectionInput!) {
    createCollection(input: $input) {
      collection {
        id
        name
        itemCount
      }
      userErrors {
        field
        message
      }
    }
  }
GRAPHQL

response = Net::HTTP.post(
  URI("https://app.archive.com/api/v2"),
  { query: query, variables: { "input" => { "name" => "Holiday Favorites" } } }.to_json,
  "Content-Type" => "application/json",
  "Authorization" => "Bearer docs_demo_token_0000000000000000000000",
  "WORKSPACE-ID" => "6ccefa76-e8ba-5ab0-9c60-e48a9e235a4a"
)
puts response.body

Request · Python

import json
import requests

query = """
mutation CreateCollectionDefault($input: CreateCollectionInput!) {
  createCollection(input: $input) {
    collection {
      id
      name
      itemCount
    }
    userErrors {
      field
      message
    }
  }
}
"""

response = requests.post(
    "https://app.archive.com/api/v2",
    json={"query": query, "variables": {"input": {"name": "Holiday Favorites"}}},
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer docs_demo_token_0000000000000000000000",
        "WORKSPACE-ID": "6ccefa76-e8ba-5ab0-9c60-e48a9e235a4a",
    },
)
print(json.dumps(response.json(), indent=2))

200 OK

{
  "data": {
    "createCollection": {
      "collection": {
        "id": "17ccdf4e-19d2-5b30-9787-d4f0886ddf29",
        "name": "Holiday Favorites",
        "itemCount": 0
      },
      "userErrors": []
    }
  }
}