# Create Environment

Add an environment, like Staging, to run workflows and map connections against.

`POST https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/environments`

Permissions: `environment:edit`.

## Parameters

### Headers

- `X-Company-Id` (string): Optional. The id of the organization to act in. Leave it out to act in the API key's own organization. A key can also act in its child organizations, and, with "Use this key across all of your organizations" on, in every organization its creator can open in the app. List them with GET /v2/companies. Every response's X-Company-Id header names the organization it acted in. See [Organizations](https://mindcloud.co/docs/api/rest/introduction/organizations).

### Body

- `name` (string, required): The environment name, up to 255 characters.

## Example request

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://connect.mindcloud.co/v2/environments' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_TOKEN' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "name": "Staging"
}'
```

## Response fields

- `id` (string): Unique id of the environment. Use it to filter runs.
- `name` (string): The environment's name, like Production or Sandbox.
- `isDefault` (boolean): True for the default environment.
- `workflowCount` (number): How many scheduled workflows target it.
- `createdOn` (date): When the environment was created.

## Errors

- 409 Name taken: `CONFLICT` / `ENVIRONMENT_NAME_TAKEN` "This organization already has an environment called "Staging"."