Create a document

Creates a document or a spreadsheet. A new spreadsheet arrives with its workbook ready, so the spreadsheet endpoints work on it immediately.

POST /v1/documents

Permission

The key must be granted docs.documents.write

A key without it gets 403 insufficient_scope, with the missing permission named in details.

A new spreadsheet arrives with its workbook already seeded, so the spreadsheet endpoints work on it immediately rather than after a first write.

Request body

Field	Type	Description
`type` required	string	A file is not created here: uploading one creates it, and minting an empty file would leave a row with no bytes behind it. `documentspreadsheet`
`title`	string	Defaults to an untitled name.
`folder_id`	string	Where to file it. The root when omitted.
`metadata`	object	Anything you want to keep with the document. Yours to shape; this API does not read it.

Request

curl https://api.veruapis.com/v1/documents \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer vak_live_..." \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "type": "spreadsheet", "title": "Q3 plan", "folder_id": "0192f001-0000-7a41-b8d2-5e9f0c3a7b41" }'

Idempotency-Key is required on every write. Retrying with the same key returns the original response rather than repeating the operation, so a timeout is something you retry rather than something you investigate.

Response

Answers 201.

Field	Type	Description
`id`	string
`type`	string	`documentspreadsheet`
`title`	string
`state`	string	`activetrashed`
`owner_id`	string	The workspace user who owns it, which is not necessarily the key's owner.
`folder_id`	string	Empty for a document in the root.
`metadata`	object	Whatever you stored on it.
`created_at`	RFC 3339
`updated_at`	RFC 3339

{
  "data": {
  "id": "0192a1c2-6f3e-7a41-b8d2-5e9f0c3a7b41",
  "type": "spreadsheet",
  "title": "Q3 plan",
  "state": "active",
  "folder_id": "0192f001-0000-7a41-b8d2-5e9f0c3a7b41",
  "created_at": "2026-09-10T09:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-10T09:00:00Z"
},
  "meta": { "request_id": "req_01j8z9...", "timestamp": "2026-09-02T10:00:00Z" }
}

Worth knowing

A new spreadsheet arrives with its workbook seeded, so you can write a range into it in the very next call. type file is not accepted here: uploading a file is what creates one.

Errors

Every failure uses the same shape, with a stable string code you can branch on. See the error reference.

POST `/v1/documents`

Your API key Used once, never stored.

type title folder_id

Create a document

Permission

Request body

Request

Response

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