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models
JavaScript SDK
const modelsToCreate = [
  { name: 'Model 0' },
  { name: 'Model 2' },
];
const models3D = await client.models3D.create(modelsToCreate);
res = client.three_d.models.create(name="My Model", data_set_id=1, metadata={"key1": "value1", "key2": "value2"})

from cognite.client.data_classes import ThreeDModelWrite
my_model = ThreeDModelWrite(name="My Model", data_set_id=1, metadata={"key1": "value1", "key2": "value2"})
my_other_model = ThreeDModelWrite(name="My Other Model", data_set_id=1, metadata={"key1": "value1", "key2": "value2"})
res = client.three_d.models.create([my_model, my_other_model])
List<ThreeDModel> upsertThreeDModelsList = List.of( 
ThreeDModel.newBuilder()
.setName("generated-")
.setDataSetId(dataSetId)
.setCreatedTime(1552566113).build());
List<ThreeDModel> listUpsert =
client.threeD()
.models()
.upsert(upsertThreeDModelsList);
curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/3d/models \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"name": "My Model",
"dataSetId": 4503599627370496,
"metadata": {}
}
]
}
'
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/3d/models",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'items' => [
[
'name' => 'My Model',
'dataSetId' => 4503599627370496,
'metadata' => [

]
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/3d/models"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"My Model\",\n \"dataSetId\": 4503599627370496,\n \"metadata\": {}\n }\n ]\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/3d/models")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"My Model\",\n \"dataSetId\": 4503599627370496,\n \"metadata\": {}\n }\n ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "items": [
    {
      "name": "My Model",
      "id": 1000,
      "createdTime": 0,
      "dataSetId": 4503599627370496,
      "space": "<string>",
      "metadata": {}
    }
  ]
}
{
"error": {
"code": 401,
"message": "Could not authenticate.",
"missing": [
{}
],
"duplicated": [
{}
]
}
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Access token issued by the CDF project's configured identity provider. Access token must be an OpenID Connect token, and the project must be configured to accept OpenID Connect tokens. Use a header key of 'Authorization' with a value of 'Bearer $accesstoken'. The token can be obtained through any flow supported by the identity provider.

Body

application/json

The models to create.

items
object[]
required
Required array length: 1 - 1000 elements

Response

A list of the created models.

items
object[]
required
Last modified on July 10, 2026