Create an environment with a specified ID | Documentation

curl -X PUT https://api.contentful.com/spaces/yadj1kx9rmg0/environments/staging \
     -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": "2025-01-16T03:04:22.000Z",
    "createdBy": {
      "sys": {
        "type": "Link",
        "linkType": "User",
        "id": "7BslKh9TdKGOK41VmLDjFZ"
      }
    },
    "updatedAt": "2025-01-16T03:04:22.000Z",
    "updatedBy": {
      "sys": {
        "type": "Link",
        "linkType": "User",
        "id": "4FLrUHftHW3v2BLi9fzfjU"
      }
    }
  }
}

Creates a new environment with the specified ID, or clones from a source environment via X-Contentful-Source-Environment. When updating an existing environment, include the current version in X-Contentful-Version.

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

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

Path parameters

space_idstringRequired

ID of the space in the form of a string

environment_idstringRequired

ID of the environment in form of a string

Headers

X-Contentful-Source-EnvironmentstringOptional

Environment ID for the desired source environment

X-Contentful-VersionstringOptional

Version of the environment to update

Request

This endpoint expects a map from strings to any.

Response headers

Content-Typestring

Content-Type

Response

Created - Resource created successfully