# Create Route

{% hint style="info" %}
**Prerequisite:** You need an IONOS Cloud account with API credentials configured with the appropriate permissions.
{% endhint %}

To create the object, the full route needs to be provided. Optional data will be filled with defaults or left empty.

To create a new route, you need to use the following [<mark style="color:blue;">Cloud API</mark>](https://api.ionos.com/docs/cloud/v6/) `POST` request:

`POST /gateways/{apigatewayId}/routes`

## Request

```bash
curl -X 'POST' \
  'https://apigateway.de-txl.ionos.com/gateways/0620c174-dd3c-5eb4-87c8-e2b516553a00/routes' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "metadata": {},
  "properties": {
    "name": "example-route",
    "type": "http",
    "paths": [
      "/foo/*",
      "/bar"
    ],
    "methods": [
      "GET",
      "POST"
    ],
    "websocket": false,
    "upstreams": [
      {
        "scheme": "http",
        "loadbalancer": "roundrobin",
        "host": "www.example.com",
        "port": 80,
        "weight": 100
      }
    ]
  }
}'
```

## Response

**201 Route successfully created**

```json
{
  "id": "50982018-bb17-5cb9-bcd4-97f8bbc7dc23",
  "type": "route",
  "href": "/gateways/{apigatewayId}/routes/50982018-bb17-5cb9-bcd4-97f8bbc7dc23",
  "metadata": {
    "createdDate": "2020-12-10T13:37:50+01:00",
    "createdBy": "john.doe@example.com",
    "createdByUserId": "87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "lastModifiedDate": "2020-12-11T13:37:50+01:00",
    "lastModifiedBy": "john.doe@example.com",
    "lastModifiedByUserId": "87f9a82e-b28d-49ed-9d04-fba2c0459cd3",
    "resourceURN": "ionos:<product>:<location>:<contract>:<resource-path>",
    "status": "AVAILABLE",
    "statusMessage": null,
    "publicEndpoint": "jf8u4tgr73sd-ag.87uhr654gq90.apigateway.de-txl.ionos.com"
  },
  "properties": {
    "name": "example-route",
    "type": "http",
    "paths": [
      "/foo/*",
      "/bar"
    ],
    "methods": [
      "GET",
      "POST"
    ],
    "websocket": false,
    "upstreams": [
      {
        "scheme": "http",
        "loadbalancer": "roundrobin",
        "host": "www.example.com",
        "port": 80,
        "weight": 100
      }
    ]
  }
}
```


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