Create a venue

Places module

POST/venuesvenues.create

A venue. Creates a venue. Requires `Idempotency-Key`; a replay returns the original response. The organization is derived from the credential or the parent row, never from the body.

Requires the capability places.venue.write.
OAuth scopes: places.
Send an Idempotency-Key header. A replay with the same key returns the original response.
Error statuses: 400, 401, 409, 422, 429. Errors are RFC 9457 problem details.

Request body: VenueCreate

venues.create: VenueCreate
Field	Type	Required	Description
name	string	Yes	Venue name.Constraints: length 1 to 300
street_address	string \| null	No	Street address.Constraints: length 1 to 300
locality	string \| null	No	City.Constraints: length 1 to 300
postal_code	string \| null	No	Postal code.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,63}$
jurisdiction_id	JurisdictionId	Yes	Jurisdiction identifier from `xpms.dim_jurisdiction`. An unpopulated jurisdiction returns no answer.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Z]{2}(-[A-Z0-9]+)*$
time_zone	string	Yes	IANA time zone the local time was entered in.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Za-z_]+(\/[A-Za-z0-9_+-]+)*$
latitude	number \| null	No	WGS 84 latitude.Constraints: range -90 to 90
longitude	number \| null	No	WGS 84 longitude.Constraints: range -180 to 180

{
  "name": "Harborfront Lawn",
  "street_address": "100 Harbor Way",
  "locality": "Miami",
  "postal_code": "33132",
  "jurisdiction_id": "US-FL",
  "time_zone": "America/New_York",
  "latitude": 25.7617,
  "longitude": -80.1918
}

Response 201: Venue

venues.create: Venue
Field	Type	Required	Description
id	string (uuid)	Yes	Identifier of the venue.
org_id	string (uuid)	Yes	Identifier of the owning organization, derived from the parent row and never accepted from the caller.
created_at	string (date-time)	Yes	When the row was created.
created_by	string (uuid) \| null	Yes	Identifier of the person who created the row; null when a seed, platform or system process created it.
updated_at	string (date-time)	Yes	When the row was last updated.
updated_by	string (uuid) \| null	Yes	Identifier of the person who last updated the row; null when a seed, platform or system process updated it.
name	string	Yes	Venue name.Constraints: length 1 to 300
street_address	string \| null	Yes	Street address.Constraints: length 1 to 300
locality	string \| null	Yes	City.Constraints: length 1 to 300
postal_code	string \| null	Yes	Postal code.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,63}$
jurisdiction_id	JurisdictionId	Yes	Jurisdiction identifier from `xpms.dim_jurisdiction`. An unpopulated jurisdiction returns no answer.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Z]{2}(-[A-Z0-9]+)*$
time_zone	string	Yes	IANA time zone the local time was entered in.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Za-z_]+(\/[A-Za-z0-9_+-]+)*$
latitude	number \| null	Yes	WGS 84 latitude.Constraints: range -90 to 90
longitude	number \| null	Yes	WGS 84 longitude.Constraints: range -180 to 180

{
  "id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "org_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "created_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
  "created_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
  "updated_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "name": "Harborfront Lawn",
  "street_address": "100 Harbor Way",
  "locality": "Miami",
  "postal_code": "33132",
  "jurisdiction_id": "US-FL",
  "time_zone": "America/New_York",
  "latitude": 25.7617,
  "longitude": -80.1918
}

Code samples

curl -X POST "$XOS_BASE_URL/venues" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"Harborfront Lawn","street_address":"100 Harbor Way","locality":"Miami","postal_code":"33132","jurisdiction_id":"US-FL","time_zone":"America/New_York","latitude":25.7617,"longitude":-80.1918}'

const { data } = await xos.venues.create({
    "name": "Harborfront Lawn",
    "street_address": "100 Harbor Way",
    "locality": "Miami",
    "postal_code": "33132",
    "jurisdiction_id": "US-FL",
    "time_zone": "America/New_York",
    "latitude": 25.7617,
    "longitude": -80.1918
  });

response = xos.venues.create({"name": "Harborfront Lawn", "street_address": "100 Harbor Way", "locality": "Miami", "postal_code": "33132", "jurisdiction_id": "US-FL", "time_zone": "America/New_York", "latitude": 25.7617, "longitude": -80.1918})

xos venues create --data '{"name":"Harborfront Lawn","street_address":"100 Harbor Way","locality":"Miami","postal_code":"33132","jurisdiction_id":"US-FL","time_zone":"America/New_York","latitude":25.7617,"longitude":-80.1918}'