A zettel is created by adding it to the [[list of zettel|00001012000000]].
Therefore, the [[endpoint|00001012920000]] to create a new zettel is also ''/z'', but you must send the data of the new zettel via a HTTP POST request.

The zettel must be encoded in a [[plain|00001006000000]] format: first comes the [[metadata|00001006010000]] and the following content is separated by an empty line.
This is the same format as used by storing zettel within a [[directory box|00001006010000]].
```
# curl -X POST --data $'title: Note\n\nImportant content.' http://127.0.0.1:23123/z
20210903211500
```
The zettel identifier of the created zettel is returned.
In addition, the HTTP response header contains a key ''Location'' with a relative URL for the new zettel.
A client must prepend the HTTP protocol scheme, the host name, and (optional, but often needed) the post number to make it an absolute URL.
=== Data input
Alternatively, you may encode the zettel as a parseable object / a [[symbolic expression|00001012930500]] by providing the query parameter ''enc=data''.
The encoding is the same as the data output encoding when you [[retrieve a zettel|00001012053300#data-output]].

The encoding for [[access rights|00001012921200]] must be given, but is ignored.
You may encode computed or property [[metadata keys|00001006020000]], but these are also ignored.
=== HTTP Status codes
; ''201''
: Zettel creation was successful, the body contains its [[zettel identifier|00001006050000]] (data value or plain text).
; ''400''
: Request was not valid. 
There are several reasons for this.
Most likely, the symbolic expression was not formed according to above rules.
; ''403''
: You are not allowed to create a new zettel.