Create an environment | Documentation

curl -X POST https://api.contentful.com/spaces/yadj1kx9rmg0/environments \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/vnd.contentful.management.v1+json" \
     -d '{
  "name": "Staging"
}'

{
  "sys": {
    "type": "Environment",
    "id": "staging",
    "version": 1,
    "space": {
      "sys": {
        "type": "Link",
        "linkType": "Space",
        "id": "yadj1kx9rmg0"
      }
    },
    "createdAt": "2025-09-09T18:42:24.000Z",
    "createdBy": {
      "sys": {
        "type": "Link",
        "linkType": "User",
        "id": "7BslKh9TdKGOK41VmLDjFZ"
      }
    },
    "updatedAt": "2025-09-09T18:42:24.000Z",
    "updatedBy": {
      "sys": {
        "type": "Link",
        "linkType": "User",
        "id": "4FLrUHftHW3v2BLi9fzfjU"
      }
    }
  }
}

Creates a new environment, optionally cloned from a source environment via X-Contentful-Source-Environment. Use a specified ID for automation — auto-generated IDs are not recommended.

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

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

Path parameters

space_idstringRequired

ID of the space in form of a string

Headers

X-Contentful-Source-EnvironmentstringOptional

Environment ID for the desired source environment. You can create an environment with any other environment as a source by providing this header.

Request

This endpoint expects a map from strings to any.

Response headers

Content-Typestring

Content-Type

Response

Created - Resource created successfully