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The Create Community API enables developers to create a new community within the platform programmatically. This API is crucial for automating community setup, allowing for seamless integration with your application or service. URL : /api/thirdparty/community/create Method : POST Auth required : YES Mandatory Fields: handle, name, type, actions Note : You need to Authorize gn-access-token as Bearer Token to run the API.

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Request Body

{
  "handle": "genuin-community",
  "name": "Genuin Community",
  "description": "some community description #genuinCommunity #genuinAmdCommunity",
  "tags": "genuinCommunity,genuinAmdCommunity",
  "dp": "1.png",
  "categories": {
    "existing": [
      1,
      2
    ],
    "new": [
      "abc",
      "aAa",
      "xYZ"
    ]
  },
  "is_ai_generated": false,
  "is_ai_generated_dp": true,
  "is_ai_generated_banner": true,
  "banner": "1.png",
  "users": [
    {
      "user_id": "b12f13af-ef5a-4906-b0a0-2995e106200d"
    }
  ]
}

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Success Response

Condition: If Everything is okay and community is created. Code: 200 Content 
{
  "code": 200,
  "message": "XXXX-[Community has been created successfully.]",
  "data": {
    "community_id": "0a2be302-04af-4642-a436-1612554e48a6",
    "share_url": "https://community.dhruvpatel.com/community/dqwd-w5oa",
    "dp": "https://media.qa.begenuin.com/uploads/profile_images/community/eeqfwee12.png",
    "banner": "https://media.qa.begenuin.com/uploads/community/banner/dqwdq.png",
    "color_code": "#A4E6DA",
    "text_color_code": "#49CDB5",
    "leader": {
      "member_id": "0bf977ed-4887-4056-a8f4-1f0de71101f1",
      "name": "hoo hwwoo",
      "bio": "jai hwwooo",
      "nickname": "wdqwdqwdq",
      "phone": "91333333333333",
      "is_brand_system_user": true,
      "is_avatar": false,
      "brand": {
        "brand_id": 1,
        "brand_slug": "dqwd-dqjb"
      },
      "profile_image": "https://media.qa.begenuin.com/uploads/profile_images/1706610191569_Vector.png",
      "profile_image_s": "https://media.qa.begenuin.com/uploads/profile_images/s/1706610191569_Vector.png",
      "profile_image_m": "https://media.qa.begenuin.com/uploads/profile_images/m/1706610191569_Vector.png",
      "profile_image_l": "https://media.qa.begenuin.com/uploads/profile_images/l/1706610191569_Vector.png"
    }
  }
}
Note: In the community_id you will get the actual ID of community and the link from share_url

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Bad Request

Condition: If the request contains errors or invalid data, resulting in the community not being created. Code: 400 Content 
{}

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Invalid API Usage

Condition: “If the community categories do not exist or there is invalid use of the API, a 404 or 412 error is returned, respectively.
Category Doesn’t exists
Code: 404 Content 
{
  "code": "5220",
  "message": "XXXX-[community categories does not exists.]",
  "data": {}
}
Invalid Usage of API
Code: 412 Content 
{
  "code": "5166",
  "message": "XXXX-[Invalid Use of API]",
  "data": {}
}

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Internal Server Error

Condition: If an unexpected issue occurs on the server, an Internal Server Error is returned. Code: 500 Content 
{
  "code": "5216",
  "message": "XXXX-[community handle already exists.]",
  "data": {}
}