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title: "Create a new dataset object."
slug: "create-a-new-dataset-object"
updated: 2026-04-04T02:22:39Z
published: 2026-04-04T02:22:47Z
canonical: "support.fortanix.com/create-a-new-dataset-object"
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# Create a new dataset object.

Post/v1/datasets

SecurityAPI Key: bearerTokenHeader parameter nameAuthentication

A JWT bearer token to be passed once authenticated.

Body parameters<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='fc9ad0ff-53c1-4ab8-a296-bf088083dc81'>application/json</option>
</select>Expand Allobject  namestring    Required
descriptionstring    Required
labelsobject  Requiredproperty*string    additionalProperties

locationstring    Required
credentialsobject (DatasetCredentialsRequest)  Requiredcontentsstring    Required

metadataobject (DatasetMetadata)  

Metadata about the dataset.

long_descriptionstring    

A github-flavored markdown-formatted string that will be rendered in UI for viewing a summary of this dataset, limited to 16KiB.

group_idstring  (uuid)    

Responses200<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='89b5b92b-424e-4d0e-965c-226f6a6872f6'>application/json</option>
</select>Expand Allobject  dataset_idstring  (uuid)    
namestring    
ownerstring  (uuid)    
creator_idstring  (uuid)    
group_idstring  (uuid)    
created_atinteger  (int64)    

Dataset creation time (seconds since epoch).

updated_atinteger  (int64)    

Last update UNIX timestamp (seconds since epoch).

descriptionstring    
locationstring    
labelsobject  property*string    additionalProperties

credentialsobject (DatasetCredentials)  sdkmsobject (SdkmsCredentials)  credentials_urlstring    
credentials_key_namestring    

metadataobject (DatasetMetadata)  

Metadata about the dataset.

last_workflow_outputinteger  (int64)    
long_descriptionstring    

A github-flavored markdown-formatted string that will be rendered in UI for viewing a summary of this dataset, limited to 16KiB.