# POST /api/labels

> Labels - Add New Label

- **Endpoint:** `POST /api/labels`
- **Group:** Labels
- **Since:** v1.0.0
- **Defined in:** `RestApi/Controllers/LabelsController.php`

## Headers

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `authtoken` | String | Authentication token, generated from admin area |

## Parameters

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `title` | String | yes | Mandatory Label title |
| `context` | String | yes | Mandatory Label context (project|invoice|ticket|task|client|lead|event|note|to_do|subscription|...) |
| `color` | String | no | Optional Label color as a hex value (e.g. #83c340) |
| `user_id` | Number | no | Optional owning user id (used for personal contexts such as event|note|to_do); defaults to 0 |

## Request example

```bash
curl -X POST "https://yoursite.com/index.php/api/labels" \
  -H "authtoken: YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "title": "...", "context": "..." }'
```

## Responses

### Success - Success-Response:

```json
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
{ "status": 200, "messages": {"success": "Record saved"}, "id": 1 }
```

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Part of the [REST API for RISE CRM](https://risecrm.themesic.com/apiguide/) documentation.
Full page: https://risecrm.themesic.com/apiguide/labels/create-label/