---
title: "Create a new branch - Xata"
description: "Creates a new branch within the specified project. Branches can be created from scratch or derived from an existing parent branch."
source: "https://xata.io/docs/api-reference/branches/create-a-new-branch"
---

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POST

/

organizations

/

{organizationID}

/

projects

/

{projectID}

/

branches

Create a new branch

```
curl --request POST
  --url https://api.xata.tech/organizations/{organizationID}/projects/{projectID}/branches
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json'
  --data '
{
  "mode": "inherit",
  "parentID": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "description": "<string>",
  "backupConfiguration": {
    "retentionPeriod": 2,
    "backupTime": "<string>"
  }
}
'
```

```
import requests

url = "https://api.xata.tech/organizations/{organizationID}/projects/{projectID}/branches"

payload = {
    "mode": "inherit",
    "parentID": "<string>",
    "name": "<string>",
    "description": "<string>",
    "backupConfiguration": {
        "retentionPeriod": 2,
        "backupTime": "<string>"
    }
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)
```

```
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    mode: 'inherit',
    parentID: '<string>',
    name: '<string>',
    description: '<string>',
    backupConfiguration: {retentionPeriod: 2, backupTime: '<string>'}
  })
};

fetch('https://api.xata.tech/organizations/{organizationID}/projects/{projectID}/branches', 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.xata.tech/organizations/{organizationID}/projects/{projectID}/branches",
  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([
    'mode' => 'inherit',
    'parentID' => '<string>',
    'name' => '<string>',
    'description' => '<string>',
    'backupConfiguration' => [
        'retentionPeriod' => 2,
        'backupTime' => '<string>'
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($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.xata.tech/organizations/{organizationID}/projects/{projectID}/branches"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"mode\": \"inherit\",\n  \"parentID\": \"<string>\",\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"description\": \"<string>\",\n  \"backupConfiguration\": {\n    \"retentionPeriod\": 2,\n    \"backupTime\": \"<string>\"\n  }\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	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.xata.tech/organizations/{organizationID}/projects/{projectID}/branches")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"mode\": \"inherit\",\n  \"parentID\": \"<string>\",\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"description\": \"<string>\",\n  \"backupConfiguration\": {\n    \"retentionPeriod\": 2,\n    \"backupTime\": \"<string>\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();
```

```
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.xata.tech/organizations/{organizationID}/projects/{projectID}/branches")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"mode\": \"inherit\",\n  \"parentID\": \"<string>\",\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"description\": \"<string>\",\n  \"backupConfiguration\": {\n    \"retentionPeriod\": 2,\n    \"backupTime\": \"<string>\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```
{
  "id": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "region": "<string>",
  "publicAccess": true,
  "description": "<string>",
  "parentID": "<string>",
  "connectionString": "<string>"
}
```

```
{
  "message": "<string>",
  "id": "<string>"
}
```

```
{
  "message": "<string>",
  "id": "<string>"
}
```

```
{
  "message": "<string>",
  "id": "<string>"
}
```

```
{
  "message": "<string>",
  "id": "<string>"
}
```

#### Authorizations

​

Authorization

string

header

required

The access token received from the authorization server in the OAuth 2.0 flow.

#### Path Parameters

​

organizationID

string

required

Unique identifier of the organization containing the project

Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9_-~:]+`

​

projectID

string

required

Unique identifier of the project to create the branch in

#### Body

application/json

- Option 1
- Option 2

Details required when creating a new branch

​

mode

enum\<string>

required

The mode used to discriminate between types of branches.

Available options:

`inherit`

​

parentID

string

required

If present, the branch will inherit the parent branch configuration and data

​

name

string

required

Human-readable name for the new branch

​

description

string

Optional description for the branch purpose or contents (max 50 characters)

Maximum string length: `50`

Pattern: `^[a-zA-Z0-9]+[a-zA-Z0-9- ]*$`

​

scaleToZero

object

Configuration for scaling branches to zero when not in use

Show child attributes

​

backupConfiguration

object

Details about the branch continuous backup configuration

Show child attributes

#### Response

Branch successfully created

Basic metadata about a branch, used in response to create/update operations

​

id

string

required

Unique identifier for the branch

​

name

string

required

Human-readable name of the branch

​

createdAt

string\<date-time>

required

Timestamp when the branch was created

​

updatedAt

string\<date-time>

required

Timestamp when the branch was last updated

​

region

string

required

Geographic region where the branch is deployed

​

publicAccess

boolean

required

Whether the branch allows public access without authentication

​

description

string

Optional description of the branch purpose or contents

​

parentID

string | null

Identifier of the parent branch if this is a derived branch, null otherwise

​

connectionString

string | null

Database connection string for accessing this branch

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