Create an organization

Creates one, makes the token’s person its owner, and binds the session to it, so the next request is already working inside it. Token-only. The slug derives from the name when omitted.

POST/organizations

Authorization

AuthorizationBearer token · headerrequired

`MEDIAN_KEY` from Settings under API, or an MCP OAuth access token. A key acts as the organization; a token acts as the person who approved it.

Request body

requiredapplication/json

namestringrequired

slugstring

Responses

200The organization, already bound.

idstring

namestring

slugstring

400The request is malformed, and the message names the field.

errorobject

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codestring

messagestring

401The bearer token is missing, revoked, or expired.

errorobject

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codestring

messagestring

429Too many requests. Wait the seconds in `Retry-After`. Limits depend on the plan. See [rate limits](/api/errors-and-limits#rate-limits).

errorobject

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codestring

messagestring

Request

curl -X POST "https://api.median.sh/v1/organizations" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "name": "Acme"
}'

const response = await fetch("https://api.median.sh/v1/organizations", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "name": "Acme"
})
});

Response

{
  "id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "slug": "string"
}