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# Create board idea

Add an idea to a board


### Required scope

[board:write](/docs/scopes)

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.0.3",
  "info": {
    "contact": {
      "email": "contact@klaxoon.com"
    },
    "description": "API Board",
    "title": "Board",
    "version": "1.0.0"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.klaxoon.com",
      "description": "First version of API"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "Board Idea"
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/v1/boards/{boardId}/ideas": {
      "post": {
        "operationId": "V1BoardIdeaPost",
        "tags": [
          "Board Idea"
        ],
        "summary": "Create board idea",
        "description": "Add an idea to a board\n",
        "requestBody": {
          "$ref": "#/components/requestBodies/BoardIdeaBody"
        },
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "boardId",
            "description": "Unique identifier for the board where you want to create the idea.",
            "in": "path",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "example": "7ab61497-6dfb-45b1-94e1-f1ba7def0c02"
            },
            "style": "simple"
          }
        ],
        "security": [
          {
            "oauth2": []
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "201": {
            "description": "Operation success",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/BoardIdea"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/BadRequest"
          },
          "401": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Unauthorized"
          },
          "403": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Forbidden"
          },
          "404": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/NotFound"
          },
          "default": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Default"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "oauth2": {
        "flows": {},
        "type": "oauth2"
      }
    },
    "requestBodies": {
      "BoardIdeaBody": {
        "description": "Create a Board Idea",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "allOf": [
                {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CreateBoardIdea"
                },
                {
                  "required": [
                    "content"
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "responses": {
      "BadRequest": {
        "description": "Bad Request",
        "content": {
          "application/problem+json": {
            "schema": {
              "allOf": [
                {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
                },
                {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "title": {
                      "example": "Bad Request"
                    },
                    "detail": {
                      "example": "Expecting a string, got number."
                    }
                  }
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Unauthorized": {
        "description": "The user is not authorized to access this resource",
        "content": {
          "application/problem+json": {
            "schema": {
              "allOf": [
                {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
                },
                {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "title": {
                      "example": "No valid authentication provided."
                    },
                    "detail": {
                      "example": "The user is not authorized to access to this resource."
                    }
                  }
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Forbidden": {
        "description": "The user does not have the required permissions to access this resource",
        "content": {
          "application/problem+json": {
            "schema": {
              "allOf": [
                {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
                },
                {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "title": {
                      "example": "You do not have access to this resource."
                    },
                    "detail": {
                      "example": "You tried to access to a resource that does not belong to you"
                    }
                  }
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "NotFound": {
        "description": "The resource does not exists.",
        "content": {
          "application/problem+json": {
            "schema": {
              "allOf": [
                {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
                },
                {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "title": {
                      "example": "Not Found"
                    },
                    "detail": {
                      "example": ""
                    }
                  }
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Default": {
        "description": "Operation in error",
        "content": {
          "application/problem+json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "schemas": {
      "CreateBoardIdea": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "position": {
            "allOf": [
              {
                "nullable": true,
                "description": "Not setting a position will put the Idea in [Inbox](https://help.klaxoon.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002766457-Facilitate-a-Board)"
              },
              {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ObjectPosition"
              }
            ]
          },
          "data": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "content": {
                "type": "string",
                "maxLength": 500
              },
              "color": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "id": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "example": "ID of the color"
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "id"
                ]
              },
              "category": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "id": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "example": "ID of the category"
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "id"
                ]
              },
              "dimensions": {
                "type": "array",
                "description": "List of dimensions that you want to fill in.",
                "maximum": 3,
                "items": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "id": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "example": "ID of the current dimension",
                      "description": "Dimension unique identifier on the current board.\n"
                    },
                    "value": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "example": "Short text for the targeted dimension",
                      "maxLength": 250,
                      "description": "A short text to add context about the idea.\n"
                    }
                  },
                  "required": [
                    "id",
                    "value"
                  ]
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "BoardIdea": {
        "allOf": [
          {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "position": {
                "description": "A null position indicates an Idea in the [Inbox](https://help.klaxoon.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002766457-Facilitate-a-Board)",
                "nullable": true
              }
            }
          },
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/BoardObject"
          },
          {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "type": {
                "type": "string",
                "example": "IDEA"
              },
              "data": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "content": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "maxLength": 500
                  },
                  "color": {
                    "allOf": [
                      {
                        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/HttpLink"
                      },
                      {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                          "id": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "description": "Color unique identifier on the current board.\n"
                          }
                        },
                        "required": [
                          "id"
                        ]
                      }
                    ]
                  },
                  "category": {
                    "allOf": [
                      {
                        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/HttpLink"
                      },
                      {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                          "id": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "description": "Category unique identifier on the current board.\n"
                          }
                        },
                        "required": [
                          "id"
                        ]
                      }
                    ]
                  },
                  "dimensions": {
                    "type": "array",
                    "description": "List of dimensions that you want to fill in.",
                    "items": {
                      "allOf": [
                        {
                          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/HttpLink"
                        },
                        {
                          "type": "object",
                          "properties": {
                            "id": {
                              "type": "string",
                              "example": "ID of the current dimension",
                              "description": "Dimension unique identifier on the current board.\n"
                            },
                            "href": {
                              "type": "string",
                              "format": "uri"
                            },
                            "value": {
                              "type": "string",
                              "example": "Short text for the targeted dimension",
                              "maxLength": 250,
                              "description": "A short text to add context about the idea.\n"
                            }
                          }
                        }
                      ],
                      "required": [
                        "id",
                        "value"
                      ]
                    }
                  },
                  "format": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Visual format of the idea. It can be either set to auto or a square.\n",
                    "enum": [
                      "auto",
                      "square"
                    ]
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      "ObjectPosition": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "Default position will be **(x: 0, y: 0, z: 1)**.\n",
        "properties": {
          "x": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "X-axis coordinate on the board"
          },
          "y": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Y-axis coordinate on the board"
          },
          "z": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "Z-index on the board",
            "minimum": -10000,
            "maximum": 10000,
            "example": 0
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "x",
          "y"
        ]
      },
      "Error": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "type": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "A URI reference [RFC3986] that identifies the\nproblem type.  This specification encourages that, when\ndereferenced, it provide human-readable documentation for the\nproblem type (e.g., using HTML [W3C.REC-html5-20141028]).  When\nthis member is not present, its value is assumed to be\n\"about:blank\".\n",
            "example": "about:blank"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "A short, human-readable summary of the problem\ntype.  It SHOULD NOT change from occurrence to occurrence of the\nproblem, except for purposes of localization (e.g., using\nproactive content negotiation; see [RFC7231], Section 3.4).\n",
            "example": "Bad Request"
          },
          "detail": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "A human-readable explanation specific to this\noccurrence of the problem.\n",
            "example": "Expecting a string, got number."
          },
          "instance": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "A URI reference that identifies the specific\noccurrence of the problem.  It may or may not yield further\ninformation if dereferenced.\n",
            "example": "/138d9bea-4edf-4e9c-86f7-43672e42c5dc"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "type",
          "title"
        ]
      },
      "HttpLink": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "href": {
            "description": "Any URI that is using http or https protocol",
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "href"
        ]
      },
      "BoardObject": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "readOnly": true,
            "example": "26edac30-a6c3-490a-b73a-56689d25d66d"
          },
          "type": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "position": {
            "allOf": [
              {
                "nullable": true,
                "description": "An board object with a null position is placed in the inbox"
              },
              {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ObjectPosition"
              }
            ]
          },
          "createdAt": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date-time"
          },
          "updatedAt": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date-time"
          },
          "author": {
            "allOf": [
              {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "id": {
                    "type": "string"
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "id"
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          "isLocked": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "example": false
          },
          "data": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {}
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id",
          "type",
          "position",
          "createdAt",
          "updatedAt",
          "author",
          "isLocked",
          "data"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}
```