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Create a component type

POST
/component-types
curl --request POST \
--url https://example.com/api/v1/component-types \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{ "abbrev": "example", "default_tags": [ "example" ], "icon": "example", "label": "example", "label_rule": "example", "name": "example", "parent_id": "example", "stem": "example" }'

Creates a custom (non-official) component_type, optionally under a parent. Gated by component_type:create.

Media type application/json
object
$schema

A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.

string format: uri
abbrev

A compact form of label; omit to inherit the parent’s

string
default_tags

Tags every instance of this type starts with

Array<string> | null
icon

A glyph key; omit to inherit the parent’s

string
label
required

What an operator reads in pickers and lists

string
>= 1 characters
label_rule

A Go text/template rendering the label of every instance of this type, over a closed map of that component’s facts (Name, Ordinal, TypeName, TypeAbbrev, Stem, ProductName, VendorName, LocationLabel, SystemTypeLabel) and the functions title, upper, lower, slug and words (words turns a kebab or snake name into the words in it, so {{title (words .Name)}} reads north-wing as North Wing). Omit to inherit the parent’s, then the global component rule. A template that does not parse is refused here, 422.

string
name
required

The globally unique name

string
>= 1 characters <= 100 characters /^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*$/
parent_id

The parent component_type, by name or uuid; omit for a root type

string
stem

The auto-generated component name’s prefix; omit to inherit the parent’s. Lowercase letters, digits, and hyphens.

string
>= 1 characters <= 100 characters /^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*$/

Created

Media type application/json
object
$schema

A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.

string format: uri
abbrev

A compact form of label; empty inherits the nearest ancestor’s

string
default_tags
required

Tags every instance of this type (or a descendant that does not override) starts with

Array<string> | null
forked
required

True when this shipped row carries changes of yours overriding it. Restore discards them

boolean
icon

A glyph key; empty inherits the nearest ancestor’s

string
id
required

The component_type’s uuid, the stable handle that survives a rename

string
inherited_abbrev

The abbrev this type would take if it stated none: the nearest ancestor’s. Absent when no ancestor states one. Served on the registry listing, on the same terms as resolved_icon

string
inherited_abbrev_source

The name of the ancestor component_type inherited_abbrev comes from, which may be further up the chain than the parent

string
inherited_icon

The glyph this type would take if it stated none: the nearest ancestor’s. Absent when no ancestor states one. Served on the registry listing, on the same terms as resolved_icon

string
inherited_icon_source

The name of the ancestor component_type inherited_icon comes from, which may be further up the chain than the parent

string
inherited_stem

The stem this type would take if it stated none: the nearest ancestor’s. Absent when no ancestor states one. Served on the registry listing, on the same terms as resolved_icon

string
inherited_stem_source

The name of the ancestor component_type inherited_stem comes from, which may be further up the chain than the parent

string
label
required
string
label_rule

The label template instances of this type get; empty inherits the nearest ancestor’s, then the global rule for components

string
name
required

The name an operator reads and types; renameable

string
official
required

True for a row this release ships. A shipped row is never written by an operator: an edit forks it

boolean
parent

The parent component_type’s name, for display; absent for a root type

string
parent_id

The parent component_type’s id, the canonical handle; absent for a root type

string
resolved_icon

The glyph this type shows: its own icon, else the nearest ancestor’s. Served on the registry listing, where the whole chain is already in hand; a single-row write response does not carry it

string
stem

The auto-generated component name’s prefix; empty inherits the nearest ancestor’s

string
Example
{
"$schema": "/api/v1/schemas/ComponentTypeBody.json"
}

Error

Media type application/problem+json
object
$schema

A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.

string format: uri
detail

A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.

string
errors

Optional list of individual error details

Array<object> | null
object
location

Where the error occurred, e.g. ‘body.items[3].tags’ or ‘path.thing-id’

string
message

Error message text

string
value

The value at the given location

instance

A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem.

string format: uri
status

HTTP status code

integer format: int64
title

A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. This value should not change between occurrences of the error.

string
type

A URI reference to human-readable documentation for the error.

string format: uri
default: about:blank
Example
{
"$schema": "/api/v1/schemas/ErrorModel.json",
"detail": "Property foo is required but is missing.",
"instance": "https://example.com/error-log/abc123",
"status": 400,
"title": "Bad Request",
"type": "about:blank"
}