# Create Catalog

Source: https://recoupable.dev/docs/api-reference/songs/catalogs-create

Create a catalog, owned by the calling account or - with organization_id - by one of the caller's organizations, in which case every member of that organization sees it via [Get Catalogs](/api-reference/songs/catalogs). When materializing from a valuation snapshot, the endpoint also attaches the snapshot's canonical artist to the caller's roster: the measured songs' existing song-artist links are resolved to the dominant artist account, which is added to the caller's roster if not already present. The attach also runs on idempotent re-claims of an already-materialized snapshot. The roster attach always targets the calling account, even when the catalog is owned by an organization.

## POST /api/catalogs

Full OpenAPI specification: https://recoupable.dev/docs/spec/releases.json

## Authentication

This operation requires one of the security alternatives in the specification below. Security scheme definitions are included where present in the published specification.

[Authentication guide](https://recoupable.dev/docs/authentication)

## Operation and referenced schemas

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "title": "Recoup API - Releases",
    "description": "API documentation for the Recoup platform - an AI agent platform for the music industry",
    "license": {
      "name": "MIT"
    },
    "version": "1.0.0"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.recoupable.dev"
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/api/catalogs": {
      "post": {
        "description": "Create a catalog, owned by the calling account or - with organization_id - by one of the caller's organizations, in which case every member of that organization sees it via [Get Catalogs](/api-reference/songs/catalogs). When materializing from a valuation snapshot, the endpoint also attaches the snapshot's canonical artist to the caller's roster: the measured songs' existing song-artist links are resolved to the dominant artist account, which is added to the caller's roster if not already present. The attach also runs on idempotent re-claims of an already-materialized snapshot. The roster attach always targets the calling account, even when the catalog is owned by an organization.",
        "security": [
          {
            "apiKeyAuth": []
          },
          {
            "bearerAuth": []
          }
        ],
        "requestBody": {
          "description": "Catalog to create. Provide name, snapshot, or both - at least one is required.",
          "required": true,
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CreateCatalogRequest"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "Catalog created, or the existing catalog returned when re-materializing the same snapshot (idempotent)",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CreateCatalogResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "description": "Bad request - neither name nor snapshot provided, or invalid snapshot",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CatalogSongsErrorResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "401": {
            "description": "Unauthorized - missing or invalid credentials",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CatalogSongsErrorResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "403": {
            "description": "Forbidden - the snapshot belongs to a different account, or the caller is not a member of the organization named by organization_id",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CatalogSongsErrorResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "404": {
            "description": "Not found - no snapshot exists for the supplied snapshot",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CatalogSongsErrorResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "schemas": {
      "CreateCatalogRequest": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "Request body for creating a catalog. At least one of name or snapshot must be supplied. The catalog is owned by the authenticated account unless organization_id names an organization to own it instead.",
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Optional. Display name for the catalog. If omitted when snapshot is supplied, a name is derived from the source run."
          },
          "snapshot": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uuid",
            "description": "Optional. ID of a completed playcount snapshot (valuation run) owned by the authenticated account. Its measured ISRCs are added to the new catalog as catalog songs. Create one with [Create measurement job](/api-reference/research/measurement-jobs)."
          },
          "organization_id": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uuid",
            "description": "Optional. ID of an organization to own the catalog instead of the calling account. Every member of that organization then sees the catalog in their own [Get Catalogs](/api-reference/songs/catalogs) response, without passing the organization's id. The caller must be a member of the organization; otherwise the request is rejected with 403. Omit to own the catalog personally, which is the default."
          }
        }
      },
      "CreateCatalogResponse": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "Response returned after creating, or idempotently re-fetching, a catalog",
        "properties": {
          "status": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "success",
              "error"
            ],
            "description": "Status of the request"
          },
          "catalog": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Catalog"
          },
          "songs_added": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "Number of catalog songs materialized from the source. 0 when no snapshot was supplied, or when the run was already materialized (idempotent re-claim)."
          },
          "error": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Error message (only present if status is 'error')"
          }
        }
      },
      "CatalogSongsErrorResponse": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "status": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "error"
            ],
            "description": "Status of the request"
          },
          "error": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Error message describing what went wrong"
          }
        }
      },
      "Catalog": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "A catalog with its metadata",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uuid",
            "description": "Unique identifier for the catalog"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Name of the catalog"
          },
          "created_at": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date-time",
            "description": "ISO timestamp of when the catalog was created"
          },
          "updated_at": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date-time",
            "description": "ISO timestamp of when the catalog was last updated"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "securitySchemes": {
      "apiKeyAuth": {
        "type": "apiKey",
        "in": "header",
        "name": "x-api-key",
        "description": "Your Recoup API key. [Learn more](/quickstart#api-keys)."
      },
      "bearerAuth": {
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "bearer"
      }
    }
  }
}
```