# Create a new category queue POST https://services.leadconnectorhq.com/social-media-posting/category/queues Creates a queue in draft status for a category. Published posts are auto-added. Use update endpoint to activate. ## Authentication Send `Authorization: Bearer ` using: - **Sub-Account token: OAuth access token or Private Integration Token.** Scopes: `socialplanner/category.write` ## Parameters ### Header Parameters | Name | Type | Required | Description | |------|------|----------|-------------| | `Version` | string | Yes | API Version | ## OpenAPI Specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.0", "info": { "title": "LeadConnector API", "version": "v3" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://services.leadconnectorhq.com" } ], "paths": { "/social-media-posting/category/queues": { "post": { "summary": "Create a new category queue", "operationId": "createANewCategoryQueue", "description": "Creates a queue in draft status for a category. Published posts are auto-added. Use update endpoint to activate.", "parameters": [ { "name": "Version", "in": "header", "description": "API Version", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "v3" ] } } ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CreateCategoryQueueDTO" } } } }, "responses": { "201": { "description": "Queue created successfully.", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/WrappedCreateCategoryQueueResponseDTO" } } } }, "400": { "description": "Bad Request", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/BadRequestDTO" } } } }, "401": { "description": "Unauthorized", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedDTO" } } } }, "422": { "description": "Unprocessable Entity", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/UnprocessableDTO" } } } } }, "security": [ { "bearer": [ "socialplanner/category.write" ] } ] } } }, "components": { "securitySchemes": { "bearer": { "scheme": "bearer", "bearerFormat": "JWT", "name": "Authorization", "in": "header", "description": "Use the Access Token generated with user type as Sub-Account (OR) Private Integration Token of Sub-Account.", "type": "http" }, "Location-Access": { "scheme": "bearer", "bearerFormat": "JWT", "name": "Authorization", "in": "header", "description": "Use the Access Token generated with user type as Sub-Account (OR) Private Integration Token of Sub-Account.", "type": "http" }, "Location-Access-Only": { "scheme": "bearer", "bearerFormat": "JWT", "name": "Authorization", "in": "header", "description": "Use the Access Token generated with user type as Sub-Account.", "type": "http" }, "Agency-Access": { "scheme": "bearer", "bearerFormat": "JWT", "name": "Authorization", "in": "header", "description": "Use the Access Token generated with user type as Agency (OR) Private Integration Token of Agency.", "type": "http" }, "Agency-Access-Only": { "scheme": "bearer", "bearerFormat": "JWT", "name": "Authorization", "in": "header", "description": "Use the Access Token generated with user type as Agency.", "type": "http" } }, "schemas": { "CreateCategoryQueueDTO": { "type": "object", "properties": { "locationId": { "type": "string", "description": "Location ID", "example": "609e126a1c4ae1001291e1b5" }, "categoryId": { "type": "string", "description": "Category ID", "example": "60af88475f1b2c001f5d5f4b" }, "timeSlots": { "description": "Time slots defining when posts should be published", "example": [ { "dayOfWeek": 1, "time": "09:00" }, { "dayOfWeek": 3, "time": "14:30" } ], "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "dayOfWeek": { "type": "number", "description": "Day of the week (0-6)", "example": 0 }, "time": { "type": "string", "description": "Time in HH:mm format", "example": "09:00" } }, "required": [ "dayOfWeek", "time" ], "title": "TimeSlotDTO" } }, "enableFuturePosts": { "type": "boolean", "description": "Enable Future Posts. Defaults to false.", "example": true }, "prioritizeNewContent": { "type": "boolean", "description": "Prioritize New Content. Defaults to false.", "example": false }, "userId": { "type": "string", "description": "User id", "example": "w37swmmLbA02zgqKPpxITe" } }, "required": [ "locationId", "categoryId", "timeSlots", "userId" ], "title": "CreateCategoryQueueDTO" }, "WrappedCreateCategoryQueueResponseDTO": { "type": "object", "properties": { "success": { "type": "boolean", "description": "Success or Failure", "example": true }, "statusCode": { "type": "number", "description": "Status Code", "example": 201 }, "results": { "description": "Response payload", "example": { "message": "Queue created successfully", "queue": { "_id": "686ebf10c78c233e45c28d66", "locationId": "Qp26qppJgfrTZis7jsBy", "categoryId": "683702938b19583ce320e5eb", "timeSlots": [ { "_id": "686ebf10c78c23d665c28d67", "dayOfWeek": 0, "time": "00:00" } ], "enableFuturePosts": true, "prioritizeNewContent": true, "status": "draft", "startDate": "2025-07-09T19:12:16.363Z", "skipDateTime": [], "totalPosts": 0, "lastScheduledTime": null, "createdBy": "uefV3MmLHs2sjJr2KfmL", "createdAt": "2025-07-09T19:12:16.366Z", "updatedAt": "2025-07-09T19:12:16.366Z" } }, "allOf": [ { "type": "object", "properties": { "message": { "type": "string", "example": "Queue created successfully", "description": "Message" }, "queue": { "description": "The newly created queue.", "example": { "_id": "686ebf10c78c233e45c28d66", "locationId": "Qp26qppJgfrTZis7jsBy", "categoryId": "683702938b19583ce320e5eb", "timeSlots": [ { "_id": "686ebf10c78c23d665c28d67", "dayOfWeek": 0, "time": "00:00" } ], "enableFuturePosts": true, "prioritizeNewContent": true, "status": "draft", "startDate": "2025-07-09T19:12:16.363Z", "skipDateTime": [], "totalPosts": 0, "lastScheduledTime": null, "createdBy": "uefV3MmLHs2sjJr2KfmL", "createdAt": "2025-07-09T19:12:16.366Z", "updatedAt": "2025-07-09T19:12:16.366Z" }, "allOf": [ { "type": "object", "properties": { "_id": { "type": "string", "example": "686ebf10c78c233e45c28d66", "description": "Queue ID" }, "locationId": { "type": "string", "example": "Qp26qppJgfrTZis7jsBy", "description": "Location ID" }, "categoryId": { "type": "string", "example": "683702938b19583ce320e5eb", "description": "Category ID" }, "timeSlots": { "description": "Time slots for scheduling posts", "example": [ { "_id": "686ebf10c78c23d665c28d67", "dayOfWeek": 0, "time": "00:00" } ], "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "_id": { "type": "string", "example": "686ebf10c78c23d665c28d67", "description": "Time slot ID" }, "dayOfWeek": { "type": "number", "example": 0, "description": "Day of the week (0=Sunday, 1=Monday, ...)" }, "time": { "type": "string", "example": "00:00", "description": "Time of the day (HH:mm format)" } }, "title": "CreatedTimeSlotDTO" } }, "enableFuturePosts": { "type": "boolean", "example": true, "description": "Enable posting future content" }, "prioritizeNewContent": { "type": "boolean", "example": true, "description": "Prioritize new content over older content" }, "status": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "active", "paused", "draft" ], "example": "draft", "description": "Status of the queue. Always \"draft\" for a new queue." }, "startDate": { "format": "date-time", "type": "string", "example": "2025-07-09T19:12:16.363Z", "description": "Start date of the queue" }, "skipDateTime": { "example": [], "description": "Dates/times to skip posting. Always empty for a new queue.", "type": "array", "items": { "format": "date-time", "type": "string" } }, "totalPosts": { "type": "number", "example": 0, "description": "Total number of posts in the queue. Always 0 for a new queue." }, "lastScheduledTime": { "format": "date-time", "type": "string", "example": null, "description": "Timestamp of the last scheduled post. Always null for a new queue.", "nullable": true }, "createdBy": { "type": "string", "example": "uefV3MmLHs2sjJr2KfmL", "description": "ID of the user who created the queue" }, "createdAt": { "format": "date-time", "type": "string", "example": "2025-07-09T19:12:16.366Z", "description": "Creation timestamp" }, "updatedAt": { "format": "date-time", "type": "string", "example": "2025-07-09T19:12:16.366Z", "description": "Last update timestamp" } }, "title": "CreatedCategoryQueueDTO" } ] } }, "title": "CreateCategoryQueueResponseDTO" } ] }, "traceId": { "type": "string", "description": "Trace ID for debugging", "example": "TRACE-abc123-def456" } }, "required": [ "success", "statusCode", "results" ], "title": "WrappedCreateCategoryQueueResponseDTO" }, "BadRequestDTO": { "type": "object", "properties": { "statusCode": { "type": "number", "example": 400 }, "message": { "type": "string", "example": "Bad Request" } }, "title": "BadRequestDTO" }, "UnauthorizedDTO": { "type": "object", "properties": { "statusCode": { "type": "number", "example": 401 }, "message": { "type": "string", "example": "Invalid token: access token is invalid" }, "error": { "type": "string", "example": "Unauthorized" } }, "title": "UnauthorizedDTO" }, "UnprocessableDTO": { "type": "object", "properties": { "statusCode": { "type": "number", "example": 422 }, "message": { "example": [ "Unprocessable Entity" ], "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "error": { "type": "string", "example": "Unprocessable Entity" } }, "title": "UnprocessableDTO" } } } } ``` ## Code Examples **cURL** ```bash curl -L -X POST 'https://services.leadconnectorhq.com/social-media-posting/category/queues' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer ' \ -H 'Version: v3' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data-raw '{ "locationId": "609e126a1c4ae1001291e1b5", "categoryId": "60af88475f1b2c001f5d5f4b", "timeSlots": [ { "dayOfWeek": 1, "time": "09:00" }, { "dayOfWeek": 3, "time": "14:30" } ], "enableFuturePosts": true, "prioritizeNewContent": false, "userId": "w37swmmLbA02zgqKPpxITe" }' ``` **Node.js** ```javascript const options = { method: 'POST', headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer ', Version: 'v3', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, body: JSON.stringify({ "locationId": "609e126a1c4ae1001291e1b5", "categoryId": "60af88475f1b2c001f5d5f4b", "timeSlots": [ { "dayOfWeek": 1, "time": "09:00" }, { "dayOfWeek": 3, "time": "14:30" } ], "enableFuturePosts": true, "prioritizeNewContent": false, "userId": "w37swmmLbA02zgqKPpxITe" }) }; try { const response = await fetch('https://services.leadconnectorhq.com/social-media-posting/category/queues', options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data); } catch (error) { console.error(error); } ``` **Python** ```python import requests url = "https://services.leadconnectorhq.com/social-media-posting/category/queues" headers = { "Authorization": "Bearer ", "Version": "v3" } payload = { "locationId": "609e126a1c4ae1001291e1b5", "categoryId": "60af88475f1b2c001f5d5f4b", "timeSlots": [ { "dayOfWeek": 1, "time": "09:00" }, { "dayOfWeek": 3, "time": "14:30" } ], "enableFuturePosts": true, "prioritizeNewContent": false, "userId": "w37swmmLbA02zgqKPpxITe" } response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers) print(response.json()) ``` **PHP** ```php 'https://services.leadconnectorhq.com/social-media-posting/category/queues', CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST', CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [ 'Authorization: Bearer ', 'Version: v3', 'Content-Type: application/json', ], CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{ "locationId": "609e126a1c4ae1001291e1b5", "categoryId": "60af88475f1b2c001f5d5f4b", "timeSlots": [ { "dayOfWeek": 1, "time": "09:00" }, { "dayOfWeek": 3, "time": "14:30" } ], "enableFuturePosts": true, "prioritizeNewContent": false, "userId": "w37swmmLbA02zgqKPpxITe" }', ]); $response = curl_exec($curl); curl_close($curl); echo $response; ``` **Java** ```java HttpResponse response = Unirest .post("https://services.leadconnectorhq.com/social-media-posting/category/queues") .header("Authorization", "Bearer ") .header("Version", "v3") .header("Content-Type", "application/json") .body("{\"locationId\":\"609e126a1c4ae1001291e1b5\",\"categoryId\":\"60af88475f1b2c001f5d5f4b\",\"timeSlots\":[{\"dayOfWeek\":1,\"time\":\"09:00\"},{\"dayOfWeek\":3,\"time\":\"14:30\"}],\"enableFuturePosts\":true,\"prioritizeNewContent\":false,\"userId\":\"w37swmmLbA02zgqKPpxITe\"}") .asString(); ``` **Go** ```go package main import ( "fmt" "net/http" "io" "strings" ) func main() { url := "https://services.leadconnectorhq.com/social-media-posting/category/queues" payload := strings.NewReader(`{ "locationId": "609e126a1c4ae1001291e1b5", "categoryId": "60af88475f1b2c001f5d5f4b", "timeSlots": [ { "dayOfWeek": 1, "time": "09:00" }, { "dayOfWeek": 3, "time": "14:30" } ], "enableFuturePosts": true, "prioritizeNewContent": false, "userId": "w37swmmLbA02zgqKPpxITe" }`) req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload) req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer ") req.Header.Add("Version", "v3") res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req) defer res.Body.Close() body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body) fmt.Println(string(body)) } ``` **Ruby** ```ruby require 'uri' require 'net/http' url = URI("https://services.leadconnectorhq.com/social-media-posting/category/queues") http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port) http.use_ssl = true request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url) request["Authorization"] = "Bearer " request["Version"] = "v3" request["Content-Type"] = "application/json" request.body = '{ "locationId": "609e126a1c4ae1001291e1b5", "categoryId": "60af88475f1b2c001f5d5f4b", "timeSlots": [ { "dayOfWeek": 1, "time": "09:00" }, { "dayOfWeek": 3, "time": "14:30" } ], "enableFuturePosts": true, "prioritizeNewContent": false, "userId": "w37swmmLbA02zgqKPpxITe" }' response = http.request(request) puts response.read_body ``` **PowerShell** ```powershell $headers = @{ "Authorization" = "Bearer " "Version" = "v3" } $body = '{ "locationId": "609e126a1c4ae1001291e1b5", "categoryId": "60af88475f1b2c001f5d5f4b", "timeSlots": [ { "dayOfWeek": 1, "time": "09:00" }, { "dayOfWeek": 3, "time": "14:30" } ], "enableFuturePosts": true, "prioritizeNewContent": false, "userId": "w37swmmLbA02zgqKPpxITe" }' $response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'https://services.leadconnectorhq.com/social-media-posting/category/queues' -Method 'POST' -Headers $headers -Body $body -ContentType 'application/json' $response | ConvertTo-Json ```