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POST
/
v1
/
triage
/
categories
Create Category
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.bland.ai/v1/triage/categories \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'authorization: <authorization>' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<string>"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.bland.ai/v1/triage/categories"

payload = { "name": "<string>" }
headers = {
    "authorization": "<authorization>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {authorization: '<authorization>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({name: '<string>'})
};

fetch('https://api.bland.ai/v1/triage/categories', 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.bland.ai/v1/triage/categories",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => '<string>'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "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"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.bland.ai/v1/triage/categories"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("authorization", "<authorization>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

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

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

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.bland.ai/v1/triage/categories")
  .header("authorization", "<authorization>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.bland.ai/v1/triage/categories")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["authorization"] = '<authorization>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "data": {
    "id": "5cc60a90-dfa3-4bd9-a8e7-5ee4dd1e1b87",
    "org_id": "5fa6dc9e-ec4d-4f94-9e0e-21f6f6a1e8f1",
    "name": "Voicemail Detection",
    "created_at": "2026-05-07T05:32:42.086Z"
  },
  "errors": null
}

Overview

Adds a category to your org’s catalog. Issue category is free-form on creation, so this endpoint is only needed when you want a category to appear in pickers before any issue uses it.

Headers

authorization
string
required
Your API key for authentication.

Body Parameters

name
string
required
Category name. 1-64 characters. Case is preserved.

Response

Returns 201 Created with the new category.
data
object
errors
null | array
null on success.
{
  "data": {
    "id": "5cc60a90-dfa3-4bd9-a8e7-5ee4dd1e1b87",
    "org_id": "5fa6dc9e-ec4d-4f94-9e0e-21f6f6a1e8f1",
    "name": "Voicemail Detection",
    "created_at": "2026-05-07T05:32:42.086Z"
  },
  "errors": null
}

Docs for agents: llms.txt