POST /v1/domains

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Domains
from metadata.generated.schema.api.domains.createDomain import CreateDomainRequest

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

request = CreateDomainRequest(
    name="TestDomain",
    displayName="Test Domain",
    domainType="Aggregate",
    description="Lorem ipsum..."
)

domain = Domains.create(request)
print(f"Created: {domain.fullyQualifiedName.root}")

import org.openmetadata.schema.api.domains.CreateDomain;

// client is an initialized OpenMetadataClient.
var request = new CreateDomain()
    .withName("TestDomain")
    .withDisplayName("Test Domain")
    .withDomainType(CreateDomain.DomainType.AGGREGATE)
    .withDescription("Lorem ipsum...");

var domain = client.domains().create(request);

curl -X POST "{base_url}/api/v1/domains" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "TestDomain",
    "domainType": "Aggregate",
    "description": "Lorem ipsum...",
    "owners": [],
    "experts": []
  }'

{
  "id": "a0729e98-e946-4e25-acde-10e8a2294ba1",
  "domainType": "Aggregate",
  "name": "TestDomain",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "TestDomain",
  "description": "Lorem ipsum...",
  "version": 0.1,
  "updatedAt": 1769984330261,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/domains/a0729e98-e946-4e25-acde-10e8a2294ba1",
  "deleted": false,
  "owners": [],
  "children": []
}

POST

domains

POST /v1/domains

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Domains
from metadata.generated.schema.api.domains.createDomain import CreateDomainRequest

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

request = CreateDomainRequest(
    name="TestDomain",
    displayName="Test Domain",
    domainType="Aggregate",
    description="Lorem ipsum..."
)

domain = Domains.create(request)
print(f"Created: {domain.fullyQualifiedName.root}")

import org.openmetadata.schema.api.domains.CreateDomain;

// client is an initialized OpenMetadataClient.
var request = new CreateDomain()
    .withName("TestDomain")
    .withDisplayName("Test Domain")
    .withDomainType(CreateDomain.DomainType.AGGREGATE)
    .withDescription("Lorem ipsum...");

var domain = client.domains().create(request);

curl -X POST "{base_url}/api/v1/domains" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "TestDomain",
    "domainType": "Aggregate",
    "description": "Lorem ipsum...",
    "owners": [],
    "experts": []
  }'

{
  "id": "a0729e98-e946-4e25-acde-10e8a2294ba1",
  "domainType": "Aggregate",
  "name": "TestDomain",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "TestDomain",
  "description": "Lorem ipsum...",
  "version": 0.1,
  "updatedAt": 1769984330261,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/domains/a0729e98-e946-4e25-acde-10e8a2294ba1",
  "deleted": false,
  "owners": [],
  "children": []
}

Create a Domain

Create a new domain for organizing data assets by business area.

Body Parameters

string

required

Name of the domain. Must be unique at the same level (top-level or within a parent domain).

string

required

Type of domain. One of: Source-aligned, Consumer-aligned, Aggregate.

string

Human-readable display name for the domain.

string

Description of the domain in Markdown format.

string

Fully qualified name of the parent domain for creating nested domains, for example Engineering.

array

Array of owner references (users or teams) to assign to the domain.

Show properties

string

UUID of the owner entity.

string

Type of owner entity, for example user, team.

string

Name of the owner entity.

array

Array of user references who are subject matter experts for this domain.

Show properties

string

UUID of the user.

string

Type of entity (always user).

string

Name of the user.

POST /v1/domains

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Domains
from metadata.generated.schema.api.domains.createDomain import CreateDomainRequest

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

request = CreateDomainRequest(
    name="TestDomain",
    displayName="Test Domain",
    domainType="Aggregate",
    description="Lorem ipsum..."
)

domain = Domains.create(request)
print(f"Created: {domain.fullyQualifiedName.root}")

import org.openmetadata.schema.api.domains.CreateDomain;

// client is an initialized OpenMetadataClient.
var request = new CreateDomain()
    .withName("TestDomain")
    .withDisplayName("Test Domain")
    .withDomainType(CreateDomain.DomainType.AGGREGATE)
    .withDescription("Lorem ipsum...");

var domain = client.domains().create(request);

curl -X POST "{base_url}/api/v1/domains" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "TestDomain",
    "domainType": "Aggregate",
    "description": "Lorem ipsum...",
    "owners": [],
    "experts": []
  }'

{
  "id": "a0729e98-e946-4e25-acde-10e8a2294ba1",
  "domainType": "Aggregate",
  "name": "TestDomain",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "TestDomain",
  "description": "Lorem ipsum...",
  "version": 0.1,
  "updatedAt": 1769984330261,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/domains/a0729e98-e946-4e25-acde-10e8a2294ba1",
  "deleted": false,
  "owners": [],
  "children": []
}

Returns

Returns the created domain object with all specified properties and system-generated fields.

Response

string

Unique identifier for the domain (UUID format).

string

Domain name.

string

Fully qualified name, for example TestDomain or parent.child.

string

Human-readable display name.

string

Description of the domain in Markdown format.

string

Type of domain: Source-aligned, Consumer-aligned, or Aggregate.

array

List of owners assigned to the domain.

Show properties

string

UUID of the owner entity.

string

Type of owner entity, for example user, team.

string

Name of the owner entity.

array

List of child domain references.

number

Version number for the entity (starts at 0.1).

Create or Update (PUT)

Use PUT /v1/domains instead of POST to perform an upsert. If a domain with the same fullyQualifiedName already exists, it will be updated; otherwise, a new domain is created. The request body is the same as POST.

curl -X PUT "{base_url}/api/v1/domains" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ ... same body as POST ... }'

PUT will not return a 409 conflict error if the entity already exists — it will update the existing entity instead.

Error Handling

Code	Error Type	Description
`400`	`BAD_REQUEST`	Invalid request body or missing required fields
`401`	`UNAUTHORIZED`	Invalid or missing authentication token
`403`	`FORBIDDEN`	User lacks permission to create domains
`409`	`ENTITY_ALREADY_EXISTS`	Domain with same name already exists (POST only)

API Reference

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Main Concepts

Create a Domain

Create a Domain

Body Parameters

Returns

Response

Create or Update (PUT)

Error Handling