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CMSCollection ItemsLive Items

Create Live Items

POST
https://api.webflow.com/v2/collections/:collection_id/items/live
POST
/v2/collections/:collection_id/items/live
$curl -X POST "https://api.webflow.com/v2/collections/580e63fc8c9a982ac9b8b745/items/live?skipInvalidFiles=true" \
>     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>     -d '{
>  "fieldData": {
>    "name": "My new item",
>    "slug": "my-new-item",
>    "date": "2022-11-18T00:00:00.000Z",
>    "featured": false,
>    "color": "#db4b68"
>  },
>  "items": [
>    {
>      "isArchived": false,
>      "isDraft": false,
>      "fieldData": {
>        "name": "Senior Data Analyst",
>        "slug": "senior-data-analyst",
>        "url": "https://boards.greenhouse.io/webflow/jobs/26567701",
>        "department": "Data"
>      }
>    },
>    {
>      "isArchived": false,
>      "isDraft": false,
>      "fieldData": {
>        "name": "Product Manager",
>        "slug": "product-manager",
>        "url": "https://boards.greenhouse.io/webflow/jobs/31234567",
>        "department": "Product"
>      }
>    }
>  ]
>}'
1{
2  "id": "42b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabe",
3  "lastPublished": "2022-11-29T16:22:43.159Z",
4  "lastUpdated": "2022-11-17T17:19:43.282Z",
5  "createdOn": "2022-11-17T17:11:57.148Z",
6  "fieldData": {
7    "name": "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy",
8    "slug": "hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy",
9    "plain-text": "Don't Panic.",
10    "rich-text": "<h3>A Guide to Interstellar Travel</h3><p>A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. <strong>Don't forget yours!</strong></p>",
11    "main-image": {
12      "fileId": "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabe",
13      "url": "/files/62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabe_image.png"
14    },
15    "image-gallery": [
16      {
17        "fileId": "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabd",
18        "url": "/files/62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabd_image.png"
19      },
20      {
21        "fileId": "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabe",
22        "url": "/files/62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabe_image.png"
23      }
24    ],
25    "intro-video": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ83KAggd-4",
26    "official-site": "https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy",
27    "contact-email": "zaphod.beeblebrox@heartofgold.gov",
28    "support-phone": "424-242-4242",
29    "answer-to-everything": 42,
30    "release-date": "1979-10-12T00:00:00.000Z",
31    "is-featured": true,
32    "brand-color": "#000000",
33    "category": "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabf",
34    "author": "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cab0",
35    "tags": [
36      "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cab1",
37      "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cab2"
38    ],
39    "downloadable-asset": {
40      "fileId": "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cab3",
41      "url": "/files/62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cab3_document.pdf"
42    }
43  },
44  "cmsLocaleId": "653ad57de882f528b32e810e",
45  "isArchived": false,
46  "isDraft": false
47}

Create item(s) in a collection that will be immediately published to the live site.

To create items across multiple locales, please use this endpoint.

Required scope | CMS:write

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Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Bearer authentication of the form Bearer <token>, where token is your auth token.

Path parameters

collection_idstringRequiredformat: "objectid"
Unique identifier for a Collection

Query parameters

skipInvalidFilesbooleanOptionalDefaults to true
When true, invalid files are skipped and processing continues. When false, the entire request fails if any file is invalid.

Request

Details of the item(s) to create

Collection ItemobjectRequired

A Collection Item represents a single entry in your collection. Each item includes:

  • System metadata - Automatically managed fields like IDs and timestamp
  • Status flags - Controls for managing content state: isDraft, isArchived
  • Content fields - Stored in fieldData. Each item needs a name and slug, and may include additional fields matching your collection’s schema definition.
OR
Multiple Live ItemsobjectRequired

Response

Request was successful
idstringRead-only
Unique identifier for the Item
lastPublishedstringRead-onlyformat: "date-string"
The date the item was last published
lastUpdatedstringRead-onlyformat: "date-string"
The date the item was last updated
createdOnstringRead-onlyformat: "date-string"
The date the item was created
fieldDataobject
cmsLocaleIdstring
Identifier for the locale of the CMS item
isArchivedbooleanDefaults to false
Boolean determining if the Item is set to archived
isDraftbooleanDefaults to false
Boolean determining if the Item is set to draft

Errors

400
Bad Request Error
401
Unauthorized Error
404
Not Found Error
429
Too Many Requests Error
500
Internal Server Error