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# Create a custom view

POST /api/projects/{projectId}/data-objects/{objectId}/views
Content-Type: application/json

Creates a custom table view for the project+object. Validates field keys, filter operands, and sort/filter paths against the definition (422 on invalid view body). Requires `data-view:manage` on the project.

Reference: https://docs.cloudraker.com/api/raker-one-api/views/post-projects-by-project-id-data-objects-by-object-id-views

## OpenAPI Specification

```yaml
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: RakerOne API
  version: 1.0.0
paths:
  /projects/{projectId}/data-objects/{objectId}/views:
    post:
      operationId: post-projects-by-project-id-data-objects-by-object-id-views
      summary: Create a custom view
      description: >-
        Creates a custom table view for the project+object. Validates field
        keys, filter operands, and sort/filter paths against the definition (422
        on invalid view body). Requires `data-view:manage` on the project.
      tags:
        - subpackage_views
      parameters:
        - name: projectId
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: objectId
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: Authorization
          in: header
          description: >-
            WorkOS session JWT or an organization API key, sent as
            `Authorization: Bearer <token>`.
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The created view.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ViewResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad request — the body or parameters failed validation.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized — missing or invalid bearer token.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden — the caller lacks the required permission.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '404':
          description: Not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '422':
          description: The view body failed semantic validation.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                fields:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    $ref: >-
                      #/components/schemas/ProjectsProjectIdDataObjectsObjectIdViewsPostRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaFieldsItems
                filters:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    $ref: >-
                      #/components/schemas/ProjectsProjectIdDataObjectsObjectIdViewsPostRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaFiltersItems
                sorts:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    $ref: >-
                      #/components/schemas/ProjectsProjectIdDataObjectsObjectIdViewsPostRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaSortsItems
                filterLogic:
                  type: string
              required:
                - name
servers:
  - url: /api
    description: Current origin
  - url: https://app.raker.one/api
    description: Production
components:
  schemas:
    ProjectsProjectIdDataObjectsObjectIdViewsPostRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaFieldsItems:
      type: object
      properties:
        fieldKey:
          type: string
        isVisible:
          type: boolean
          default: true
        width:
          type: number
          format: double
          default: 180
        position:
          type: number
          format: double
          default: 0
      required:
        - fieldKey
      title: >-
        ProjectsProjectIdDataObjectsObjectIdViewsPostRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaFieldsItems
    ProjectsProjectIdDataObjectsObjectIdViewsPostRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaFiltersItems:
      type: object
      properties:
        fieldKey:
          type: string
        subField:
          type: string
        operand:
          type: string
        value:
          description: Any type
      required:
        - fieldKey
        - operand
        - value
      title: >-
        ProjectsProjectIdDataObjectsObjectIdViewsPostRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaFiltersItems
    ProjectsProjectIdDataObjectsObjectIdViewsPostRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaSortsItemsDirection:
      type: string
      enum:
        - asc
        - desc
      title: >-
        ProjectsProjectIdDataObjectsObjectIdViewsPostRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaSortsItemsDirection
    ProjectsProjectIdDataObjectsObjectIdViewsPostRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaSortsItems:
      type: object
      properties:
        fieldKey:
          type: string
        subField:
          type: string
        direction:
          $ref: >-
            #/components/schemas/ProjectsProjectIdDataObjectsObjectIdViewsPostRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaSortsItemsDirection
      required:
        - fieldKey
        - direction
      title: >-
        ProjectsProjectIdDataObjectsObjectIdViewsPostRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaSortsItems
    JsonObject:
      type: object
      additionalProperties:
        description: Any type
      description: An arbitrary JSON object.
      title: JsonObject
    View:
      type: object
      properties:
        _id:
          type: string
        projectId:
          type: string
        objectDefinitionId:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - table
        isDefault:
          type: boolean
        filterLogic:
          type: string
        fields:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonObject'
        filters:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonObject'
        sorts:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonObject'
        createdAt:
          type: string
        updatedAt:
          type: string
        createdBy:
          type: string
      required:
        - _id
        - projectId
        - objectDefinitionId
        - name
        - type
        - isDefault
        - filterLogic
        - fields
        - filters
        - sorts
        - createdAt
        - updatedAt
      title: View
    ViewResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        view:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/View'
      required:
        - view
      title: ViewResponse
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code (e.g. `invalid_body`, `not_found`).
        issues:
          type: array
          items:
            description: Any type
          description: Schema-validation issues, present when `error` is `invalid_body`.
      required:
        - error
      description: Standard API error response.
      title: ErrorResponse
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        WorkOS session JWT or an organization API key, sent as `Authorization:
        Bearer <token>`.

```

## Examples



**Request**

```json
{
  "name": "Active Users View"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "view": {
    "_id": "64b8f9a2e4b0c123456789ab",
    "projectId": "proj_9876543210abcdef",
    "objectDefinitionId": "obj_1234567890abcdef",
    "name": "Active Users View",
    "type": "table",
    "isDefault": false,
    "filterLogic": "(1 AND 2) OR 3",
    "fields": [
      {}
    ],
    "filters": [
      {}
    ],
    "sorts": [
      {}
    ],
    "createdAt": "2024-06-15T09:30:00Z",
    "updatedAt": "2024-06-15T09:30:00Z",
    "createdBy": "user_abc123xyz"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api/projects/projectId/data-objects/objectId/views"

payload = { "name": "Active Users View" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api/projects/projectId/data-objects/objectId/views';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"name":"Active Users View"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api/projects/projectId/data-objects/objectId/views"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"Active Users View\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api/projects/projectId/data-objects/objectId/views")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"Active Users View\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api/projects/projectId/data-objects/objectId/views")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"Active Users View\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api/projects/projectId/data-objects/objectId/views', [
  'body' => '{
  "name": "Active Users View"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api/projects/projectId/data-objects/objectId/views");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"name\": \"Active Users View\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["name": "Active Users View"] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api/projects/projectId/data-objects/objectId/views")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```