---
title: "Create permission boundary"
url: https://hexelstudio.com/docs/api/ciam-iam/boundaries/create
---

# Create permission boundary

**POST** `/boundaries`

Create a permission boundary in the caller's organization. target_type is USER, SERVICE_USER, GROUP or ROLE; a USER must be a member of the organization and any other target must belong to it. A target has at most one boundary per organization (409).

## Headers

- `Authorization: string`

  `Bearer <token>`.

## Body parameters

- `created_at: optional string`

- `created_by_user_id: optional string`

- `description: optional string`

- `display_name: optional string`

- `id: optional string`

- `name: optional string`

- `organization_id: optional string`

- `policy_document: optional array of integer`

- `target_id: optional string`

- `target_type: optional string`

- `updated_at: optional string`

## Returns

`201` Created (`PermissionBoundary`)

- `created_at: optional string`

- `created_by_user_id: optional string`

- `description: optional string`

- `display_name: optional string`

- `id: optional string`

- `name: optional string`

- `organization_id: optional string`

- `policy_document: optional array of integer`

- `target_id: optional string`

- `target_type: optional string`

- `updated_at: optional string`

## Errors

- `400` Bad Request
- `409` Conflict

## Example

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.hexelstudio.com/v1/boundaries' \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "created_by_user_id": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "display_name": "string",
  "id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "organization_id": "string",
  "policy_document": [
    0
  ],
  "target_id": "string",
  "target_type": "string",
  "updated_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}'
```

### Response (201)

```json
{
  "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "created_by_user_id": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "display_name": "string",
  "id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "organization_id": "string",
  "policy_document": [
    0
  ],
  "target_id": "string",
  "target_type": "string",
  "updated_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
```

### Response (400)

```json
{
  "key": "string"
}
```

### Response (409)

```json
{
  "key": "string"
}
```