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# Create collection

> Create a collection or a subcollection in My Library. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/zotero/create_collection

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Create a collection or a subcollection in My Library.

Zotero API: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/zotero.md

`POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/zotero/collections`

Access: write.

Creates a collection with the name you give, at the top level or under a parent collection. Two collections may share a name, so the call returns the new key. It reaches nobody and runs without asking first; delete the collection in Zotero if you do not want it.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | string | yes | Collection name. |
| `parent_collection_key` | string | no | Create it under this collection. |

## Request

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/zotero/collections \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"Jane Doe"}'
```

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("zotero", "create_collection", {"name":"Jane Doe"})
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('zotero', 'create_collection', {"name":"Jane Doe"});
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call zotero create_collection --data '{"name":"Jane Doe"}'
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "collection_key": "M2D7FQ4S",
  "name": "Chapter 2",
  "parent": "C4T8WZ2N"
}
```

Previous: [Add item by identifier](https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/zotero/add_item_by_identifier.md)
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1. Read the fields and their allowed values: GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests
2. Ask the user for each value: email, apps, what you will do with them. If they leave the password to you, generate a strong one and show it to them.
3. Show the user what you will send, then POST it as JSON to https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests.

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