---
title: "Create a page"
description: "Creates a page: a document that opens in the block editor."
canonical_url: https://docs.markdrop.in/api/pages/create-a-page
last_updated: 2026-11-04
site: "Markdrop Docs"
index: https://docs.markdrop.in/llms.txt
---

# Create a page

`POST https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/pages`

Creates a page: a document that opens in the block editor. `template` fills it from a template, or `content` gives its Markdown. `workspace` and `folder` file it (members and up); `parent` puts it inside a page you can edit, with that page's workspace, folder and access. Unless it has a cover, or `auto_cover` is `false`, a cover is picked for it in the background.

- **Authentication:** API token required: `Authorization: Bearer mdk_…`.
- **Rate limit:** 10 per minute per IP address.
- **MCP tool:** `create_page` ([tools](https://docs.markdrop.in/ai/tools))
- **Guide:** [Pages and the block editor](https://docs.markdrop.in/pages/overview)

## Request body

`application/json`, required.

- `title` (string, required): Shown on the page and in link previews. 1–200 characters.
- `workspace` (string): File it in this workspace: the workspace's id. 1–64 characters.
- `folder` (string): An existing folder of `workspace`: its id or its path, like `guides/setup`. 1–400 characters.
- `parent` (string): The address of a page you can edit: the new page goes inside it, in its workspace and folder, with its access. Leave `workspace` and `folder` out. 1–64 characters.
- `template` (string): A template's id, from [List every template](https://docs.markdrop.in/api/templates/list-every-template). Leave it out for a blank page. 1–64 characters.
- `content` (string): The document's Markdown. Up to 500,000 characters.
- `slug` (string): Your own address: `markdrop.in/<slug>`. Random when left out; `409` when taken. 3–50 characters. Matches `^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$`.
- `auto_cover` (boolean): `false`: no cover is picked for it. Default `true`.

## Responses

- `201`: Created. Returns the page as `document`, with its `slug` and `url`.
  - `document` (object)
    - `slug` (string)
    - `url` (string)
    - `folder_path` (array of string)
    - `title` (string | null): Shown on the page and in link previews.
    - `content` (string): The document's Markdown.
    - `created_at` (string (date-time)): ISO 8601, for example `2026-11-30T12:00:00Z`.
    - `updated_at` (string (date-time)): ISO 8601, for example `2026-11-30T12:00:00Z`.
    - `expires_at` (string (date-time) | null): ISO 8601, for example `2026-11-30T12:00:00Z`.
    - `views` (integer): Default `0`.
    - `rev` (integer | null)
    - `is_password_protected` (boolean): Default `false`.
    - `is_owned` (boolean): Default `false`.
    - `is_owner` (boolean): Default `false`.
    - `id` (string | null)
    - `ref` (string | null)
    - `google_doc_url` (string | null)
    - `google_doc_stale` (boolean): Default `false`.
    - `vscode_synced` (boolean): Default `false`.
    - `encrypted` (boolean): Set by clients that encrypt in the browser: `content` and `title` are already ciphertext. The server never sees the key. Default `false`.
    - `kind` (string): Default `"markdown"`.
    - `mime` (string | null)
    - `renderer` (string | null)
    - `type_label` (string | null)
    - `size_bytes` (integer | null)
    - `original_filename` (string | null)
    - `artifact_url` (string | null)
    - `download_url` (string | null)
    - `poster_url` (string | null)
    - `media` (object | null)
    - `file_version` (integer | null)
    - `workspace_url` (string | null)
    - `access_level` (string): Who can open it: `link` (anyone with the link), `private` (only you and the people you share it with) or `workspace` (members of its workspace). Default `"link"`.
    - `workspace_id` (string | null)
    - `can` (object | null)
    - `read_ticket` (string | null)
    - `access_epoch` (integer): Default `0`.
    - `presence_ticket` (string | null)
    - `show_presence` (boolean | null)
    - `editor` (string | null)
    - `parent` (object | null)
    - `breadcrumbs` (array of object)
    - `children_count` (integer): Default `0`.
    - `access_inherit` (boolean | null)
    - `page_path` (array of string)
    - `template_id` (string | null)
    - `template` (object | null)
    - `page` (object | null)
    - `page_properties` (object | null)
    - `assets` (object): Default `{}`.
    - `cover_auto` (boolean): Default `false`.
    - `cover_pending` (boolean): Default `false`.
  - `edit_secret` (string | null): The new page's edit secret. Not returned on a workspace's own domain.
  - `workspace_error` (string | null)
- `401`: No token, or the token is revoked or mistyped.
- `409`: `slug` is taken, or reserved. Nothing is created.
- `422`: The request didn't validate. `detail` lists each problem, with where it is (`loc`) and why (`msg`).
- `429`: Too many requests from your IP address. Wait the seconds in `Retry-After`.

## Examples

**curl**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/pages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MARKDROP_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
       "title": "Weekly sync",
       "workspace": "WORKSPACE_ID",
       "template": "meeting-notes"
     }'
```

**JavaScript**

```javascript
const res = await fetch("https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/pages", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MARKDROP_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "title": "Weekly sync",
    "workspace": "WORKSPACE_ID",
    "template": "meeting-notes"
  }),
});
const data = await res.json();
```

**Python**

```python
import os

import requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/pages",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['MARKDROP_TOKEN']}"},
    json={
        "title": "Weekly sync",
        "workspace": "WORKSPACE_ID",
        "template": "meeting-notes",
    },
)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json())
```