# Post

## Create a new collection

### Parameters:

| Name | Optional / Required | Data type | Description                | Default |
| ---- | ------------------- | --------- | -------------------------- | ------- |
| name | required            | String    | A name for your collection |         |

### Demo

 URL Find your token on - [yumpu.com](https://www.yumpu.com/en/account/profile/api) Token 

 name 

Run request

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{% tabs %}
{% tab title="curl" %}
Example:

```
curl -X POST -H "X-ACCESS-TOKEN: YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" -d "name=Holidays" "https://api.yumpu.com/2.0/collection.json"
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}
Example:

```php
require_once('../yumpu.php');
$yumpu = new Yumpu();
$data = array(
    'name' => 'Holidays',
);
$newCollection = $yumpu->postCollection($data);
print_r($newCollection);
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="JavaScript" %}
Example:

```javascript
var yumpu = require('yumpu');
yumpu.setToken('yourToken');
var parameters = {
  name: 'Holidays'
};
yumpu.postCollection(parameters, function(statusCode, document){
   console.log('Status: ' + statusCode);
   console.log(document);
});
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}
Example:

```java
Yumpu y = new Yumpu("your access token");
String[] params = { "name=Holidays" };
System.out.println(y.postCollection(params));
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

Whatever language you are using, the result will be the same.

```bash
{
  "collection": [
    {
      "id": "omkYGduXowlyx9WF",
      "create_date": "2013-09-23 09:05:47",
      "update_date": "0000-00-00 00:00:00",
      "name": "Holidays",
      "order": 0,
      "sections": [
        {
          "id": "omkYGduXowlyx9WF_stVFPUYW3kHX07B6",
          "name": "",
          "description": "",
          "sorting": "manually",
          "order": 0
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "state": "success"
}
```