Create Post

Create a new post by sending a POST request with the required fields.

Endpoint

POST https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts

Request Body Fields

Name	Type	Required	Description
title	string	✅	Title of the post
body	string	✅	Content of the post
userId	number	✅	ID of the user

Example Requests

cURL

curl -X POST https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "title": "foo",
    "body": "bar",
    "userId": 1
  }'

JavaScript (fetch)

fetch("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    title: "foo",
    body: "bar",
    userId: 1
  })
})
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data));

Python (requests)

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts",
    json={
        "title": "foo",
        "body": "bar",
        "userId": 1
    }
)
print(response.json())

Successful Response

{
  "title": "foo",
  "body": "bar",
  "userId": 1,
  "id": 101
}

Error Responses

Status Code	Description
400	Invalid request body
500	Internal server