> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://blogbowl.io/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create a new category



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://app.blogbowl.io/api/v1/misc/openapi.json post /pages/{page_id}/categories
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: BlogBowl API
  description: >-
    REST API for managing blog pages, posts, authors, newsletters, and
    subscribers.
  version: 1.0.0
  x-copyright: null
servers:
  - url: https://app.blogbowl.io/api/v1
security: []
tags:
  - name: Authors
  - name: Categories
  - name: Emails
  - name: Images
  - name: Newsletters
  - name: Pages
  - name: Posts
  - name: Subscribers
paths:
  /pages/{page_id}/categories:
    post:
      tags:
        - Categories
      summary: Create a new category
      operationId: post_pages_page_id_categories
      parameters:
        - name: page_id
          in: path
          required: true
          description: Page ID
          schema:
            type: number
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                  description: Category name
                slug:
                  type: string
                  default: null
                  description: Category slug
                description:
                  type: string
                  default: null
                  description: Category description
                color:
                  type: string
                  default: null
                  description: Category color (hex)
              additionalProperties: false
              required:
                - name
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created category
          headers: {}
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: number
                    description: Category ID
                  name:
                    type: string
                    description: Category name
                  slug:
                    type: string
                    description: Category slug
                  description:
                    type: string
                    description: Category description
                  color:
                    type: string
                    description: Category color
                  page_id:
                    type: number
                    description: Page ID
                  created_at:
                    type: string
                    description: Creation date
                  updated_at:
                    type: string
                    description: Updated date
                additionalProperties: false
                required:
                  - id
                  - name
                  - slug
                  - description
                  - color
                  - page_id
                  - created_at
                  - updated_at

````