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Create a system

POST
/systems
curl --request POST \
--url https://example.com/api/v1/systems \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{ "display_name": "example", "location": "example", "name": "example", "parent": "example", "standard_id": "example" }'

Creates a system, optionally under a parent (a root needs an all-scoped grant) and at a location. Gated by system:create.

Media type application/json
object
$schema

A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.

string format: uri
display_name
string
location

Location name this system is placed at

string
name
required

Globally unique name (the address; lowercase letters, digits, hyphens)

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

Parent system name; omit for a root system

string
standard_id

A standard id; omit for a one-off system that conforms to none

string

Created

Media type application/json
object
$schema

A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.

string format: uri
actions

The scope-aware actions the caller may perform on this row (create a child, update, delete); a UI hint, the server still enforces.

Array<string> | null
display_name
string
effective_tags

The resolved effective tags (key -> winning value) that cascade onto this system (platform, its location, its system tree); for the Tags column.

object
key
additional properties
string
id
required
string
location

The location’s name, for display

string
location_id

The location’s id, the canonical handle

string
member_count
required

How many components are bound into this system

integer format: int64
name
required
string
parent

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

string
parent_id

The parent system’s id, the canonical handle

string
standard

The standard’s handle, for display; omitted for a one-off system

string
standard_id

The standard’s uuid; the stable form of standard

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