Create Post

Create a new post by sending a POST request with the required fields.

POST https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts

Request Body Fields

Name	Type	Required	Description
title	string	Yes	Title of the post
body	string	Yes	Content of the post
userId	number	Yes	ID of the user

Example Requests

cURL

curl -X POST https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "title": "foo",
    "body": "bar",
    "userId": 1
  }'

JavaScript (fetch)

fetch("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    title: "foo",
    body: "bar",
    userId: 1
  })
})
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data));

Python (requests)

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts",
    json={
        "title": "foo",
        "body": "bar",
        "userId": 1
    }
)
print(response.json())

Successful Response

{
  "title": "foo",
  "body": "bar",
  "userId": 1,
  "id": 101
}

Error Responses

Status Code	Description
400	Invalid request body
500	Internal server