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Create catalog selection

post

/catalogs/{catalog_name}/selections

Use this endpoint to create a selection in your catalog.

Prerequisites

To use this endpoint, you’ll need an API key with the catalogs.create_selection permission.

Rate limit

This endpoint has a shared rate limit of 50 requests per minute between all asynchronous catalog fields and selections endpoints, as documented in API rate limits.

Path parameters

Parameter Required Data Type Description
catalog_name Required String Name of the catalog.

Request parameters

Parameter Required Data Type Description
selection Required Object An object that contains selection criteria. The selection objects could contain name, description, filters, results_limit, sort_field, and sort_order.

Example Request

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curl --location --request POST 'https://rest.iad-03.braze.com/catalogs/restaurants/selections' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-REST-API-KEY' \
--data-raw '{
  "selection": {
    "name": "favorite-restaurants",
    "description": "Favorite restaurants in NYC",
    "filters": [
      {
        "field": "City",
        "operator": "equals",
        "value": "NYC"
      },
      {
        "field": "Rating",
        "operator": "greater than",
        "value": 7
      }
    ]
  }
}'

Filter operators

Field type Supported operators
string equals, does not equal
number equals, does not equal, greater than, less than
boolean is
time before, after
array includes value, does not include value

Response

There are three status code responses for this endpoint: 202, 400, and 404.

Example success response

The status code 202 could return the following response body.

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{
  "message": "success"
}

Example error response

The status code 400 could return the following response body. Refer to Troubleshooting for more information about errors you may encounter.

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{
  "errors": [
    {
      "id": "catalog-not-found",
      "message": "Could not find catalog",
      "parameters": [
        "catalog_name"
      ],
      "parameter_values": [
        "restaurants"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "message": "Invalid Request"
}

Troubleshooting

The following table lists possible returned errors and their associated troubleshooting steps.

Error Troubleshooting
catalog-not-found Check that the catalog name is valid.
company-size-limit-already-reached The catalog storage size limit is reached.
selection-limit-reached The catalog selections limit is reached.
invalid-selection Check that the selection is valid.
too-many-filters Check if the selection has too many filters.
selection-name-already-exists Check if the selection name already exists in the catalog.
selection-has-invalid-filter Check if the selection filter is valid.
selection-invalid-results-limit Check if the selection results limit is valid.
invalid-sorting Check if the selection sorting is valid.
invalid-sort-field Check if the selection sort field is valid.
invalid-sort-order Check if the selection sort order is valid.
selection-contains-too-many-arrays Check if the selection contains more than one field with array type. Only one is supported.
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