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POST
/
api
/
v1
/
orgs
/
{org}
/
orgs
Create an organization
curl --request POST \
  --url https://auth.cognite.com/api/v1/orgs/{org}/orgs \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "my-org",
      "idp": {
        "idpVendor": "AZURE_AD",
        "issuer": "https://login.microsoftonline.com/some-tenant-id/v2.0"
      },
      "migrationStatus": "EXCLUSIVE_LOGIN",
      "adminGroupId": "my-external-group",
      "adminsCanCreateOrgsInSubtree": false,
      "adminsCanCreateProjectsInSubtree": false,
      "allowedClusters": [
        "westeurope-1",
        "asia-northeast1-1"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
'
import requests

url = "https://auth.cognite.com/api/v1/orgs/{org}/orgs"

payload = { "items": [
        {
            "id": "my-org",
            "idp": {
                "idpVendor": "AZURE_AD",
                "issuer": "https://login.microsoftonline.com/some-tenant-id/v2.0"
            },
            "migrationStatus": "EXCLUSIVE_LOGIN",
            "adminGroupId": "my-external-group",
            "adminsCanCreateOrgsInSubtree": False,
            "adminsCanCreateProjectsInSubtree": False,
            "allowedClusters": ["westeurope-1", "asia-northeast1-1"]
        }
    ] }
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    items: [
      {
        id: 'my-org',
        idp: {
          idpVendor: 'AZURE_AD',
          issuer: 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/some-tenant-id/v2.0'
        },
        migrationStatus: 'EXCLUSIVE_LOGIN',
        adminGroupId: 'my-external-group',
        adminsCanCreateOrgsInSubtree: false,
        adminsCanCreateProjectsInSubtree: false,
        allowedClusters: ['westeurope-1', 'asia-northeast1-1']
      }
    ]
  })
};

fetch('https://auth.cognite.com/api/v1/orgs/{org}/orgs', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://auth.cognite.com/api/v1/orgs/{org}/orgs",
  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' => [
        [
                'id' => 'my-org',
                'idp' => [
                                'idpVendor' => 'AZURE_AD',
                                'issuer' => 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/some-tenant-id/v2.0'
                ],
                'migrationStatus' => 'EXCLUSIVE_LOGIN',
                'adminGroupId' => 'my-external-group',
                'adminsCanCreateOrgsInSubtree' => false,
                'adminsCanCreateProjectsInSubtree' => false,
                'allowedClusters' => [
                                'westeurope-1',
                                'asia-northeast1-1'
                ]
        ]
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "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://auth.cognite.com/api/v1/orgs/{org}/orgs"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"items\": [\n    {\n      \"id\": \"my-org\",\n      \"idp\": {\n        \"idpVendor\": \"AZURE_AD\",\n        \"issuer\": \"https://login.microsoftonline.com/some-tenant-id/v2.0\"\n      },\n      \"migrationStatus\": \"EXCLUSIVE_LOGIN\",\n      \"adminGroupId\": \"my-external-group\",\n      \"adminsCanCreateOrgsInSubtree\": false,\n      \"adminsCanCreateProjectsInSubtree\": false,\n      \"allowedClusters\": [\n        \"westeurope-1\",\n        \"asia-northeast1-1\"\n      ]\n    }\n  ]\n}")

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

	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))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://auth.cognite.com/api/v1/orgs/{org}/orgs")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"items\": [\n    {\n      \"id\": \"my-org\",\n      \"idp\": {\n        \"idpVendor\": \"AZURE_AD\",\n        \"issuer\": \"https://login.microsoftonline.com/some-tenant-id/v2.0\"\n      },\n      \"migrationStatus\": \"EXCLUSIVE_LOGIN\",\n      \"adminGroupId\": \"my-external-group\",\n      \"adminsCanCreateOrgsInSubtree\": false,\n      \"adminsCanCreateProjectsInSubtree\": false,\n      \"allowedClusters\": [\n        \"westeurope-1\",\n        \"asia-northeast1-1\"\n      ]\n    }\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://auth.cognite.com/api/v1/orgs/{org}/orgs")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"items\": [\n    {\n      \"id\": \"my-org\",\n      \"idp\": {\n        \"idpVendor\": \"AZURE_AD\",\n        \"issuer\": \"https://login.microsoftonline.com/some-tenant-id/v2.0\"\n      },\n      \"migrationStatus\": \"EXCLUSIVE_LOGIN\",\n      \"adminGroupId\": \"my-external-group\",\n      \"adminsCanCreateOrgsInSubtree\": false,\n      \"adminsCanCreateProjectsInSubtree\": false,\n      \"allowedClusters\": [\n        \"westeurope-1\",\n        \"asia-northeast1-1\"\n      ]\n    }\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "my-org",
      "parentId": "my-org",
      "idp": {
        "idpVendor": "AZURE_AD",
        "issuer": "https://login.microsoftonline.com/some-tenant-id/v2.0"
      },
      "adminsCanCreateOrgsInSubtree": false,
      "adminsCanCreateProjectsInSubtree": false,
      "allowedClusters": [
        "westeurope-1",
        "asia-northeast1-1"
      ],
      "migrationStatus": "EXCLUSIVE_LOGIN",
      "adminGroupId": "my-external-group",
      "isDeleted": false,
      "profilesEnabled": true
    }
  ]
}

Path Parameters

org
string
required

ID of an organization The ID of an organization

Required string length: 3 - 64
Pattern: ^([a-z][a-z0-9-]{1,62}[a-z0-9])$
Example:

"my-org"

Body

application/json

A request to create an organization.

items
object[]
required
Required array length: 1 element

Response

A successfully created organization

items
object[]
required
Required array length: 1 element
Last modified on July 13, 2026