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# Create a robot

POST https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots
Content-Type: application/json

Creates the workspace that holds one customer's conversations, automation rules and training data. Create the robot before connecting any channel to it.

Put your own customer id in `external_id` and we return it on every webhook event, so you never need a lookup table between our ids and yours.

Each robot consumes one unit of your plan's capacity. Deleting one frees that capacity immediately.

Reference: https://docs-parschat.parstechai.com/api-reference/robots/create-robot

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Your API key, issued by ParsChat sales. One key per account, spanning every robot you own. Send it as `Authorization: Bearer pk_live_…`.

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `name` (string, required) — Display name, shown in the panel. Unique across your robots; reusing one returns 409.
- `external_id` (string, optional) — Your own customer id. Unique across your robots; reusing one returns 409.

## Response

### 201

The robot was created.

- `id` (string, optional) — ParsChat identifier for the robot.
- `name` (string, optional) — Display name, shown in the panel.
- `external_id` (string, optional) — Your own identifier for this customer. Returned on every webhook event, so you do not need a lookup table.
- `channels` (list of ChannelSummary, optional) — Channels attached to this robot, in short form. Empty until you connect one. Call the channels endpoint for the full record.
- `created_at` (datetime, optional) — When the robot was created.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

The request itself is malformed: a parameter is missing, unparseable, or out of range. Unlike 422, the request never reached validation of its contents.

- `error` (ErrorError, optional)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

The key is missing, wrong, revoked, or past its expiry date. All four answer `invalid_key`: telling an expired key from an unknown one would confirm to whoever holds a leaked key that it was once real.

- `error` (ErrorError, optional)

### 403 Forbidden Error

The call is understood but not permitted: a missing role, a lapsed plan, or exhausted capacity.

- `error` (ErrorError, optional)

### 409 Conflict Error

The request collides with something that already exists.

- `error` (ErrorError, optional)

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

The payload is malformed, or a prerequisite is not configured.

- `error` (ErrorError, optional)

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

You are calling the API too fast. `details` names the limit you are held to. This never means an automated reply to an end customer was discarded: those are queued, not dropped.

- `error` (ErrorError, optional)

### 500 Internal Server Error

Something failed on our side. Retry with backoff, and quote `request_id` if it persists.

- `error` (ErrorError, optional)

### 503 Service Unavailable Error

A service we depend on (a channel provider, or our AI service) is unavailable. Retry with backoff.

- `error` (ErrorError, optional)

## Types

### ChannelSummary

The short form of a channel, as it appears inside a robot.

- `id` (string, optional) — ParsChat identifier for the channel.
- `type` (enum, optional) — The kind of surface this channel connects.
  - Allowed values: `telegram`, `instagram`, `goftino`, `widget`, `crisp`, `gap`, `whatsapp`
- `is_active` (boolean, optional) — Whether the channel is receiving traffic.

### ErrorError

- `code` (string, optional) — Stable machine-readable code. Branch on this, not on the message.
- `message` (string, optional) — Human-readable explanation. Wording may change.
- `request_id` (string, optional) — Log this. It is what lets support find your exact request.
- `details` (map from string to any, optional) — Machine-readable context for the code. On `capacity_exhausted` it carries `occupied`, `requested` and `capacity`; on `rate_limited`, `limit_per_minute` and `window_seconds`.

## Examples

### With your own customer id

**Request**

```json
{
  "name": "Rose Flower Shop",
  "external_id": "shop_10422"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "rbt_8fK2mQ",
  "name": "Rose Flower Shop",
  "external_id": "shop_10422",
  "channels": [],
  "created_at": "2026-09-20T11:04:33Z"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python With your own customer id
import requests

url = "https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots"

payload = {
    "name": "Rose Flower Shop",
    "external_id": "shop_10422"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript With your own customer id
const url = 'https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"name":"Rose Flower Shop","external_id":"shop_10422"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go With your own customer id
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"Rose Flower Shop\",\n  \"external_id\": \"shop_10422\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby With your own customer id
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"Rose Flower Shop\",\n  \"external_id\": \"shop_10422\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java With your own customer id
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"Rose Flower Shop\",\n  \"external_id\": \"shop_10422\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php With your own customer id
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots', [
  'body' => '{
  "name": "Rose Flower Shop",
  "external_id": "shop_10422"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp With your own customer id
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"name\": \"Rose Flower Shop\",\n  \"external_id\": \"shop_10422\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift With your own customer id
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "name": "Rose Flower Shop",
  "external_id": "shop_10422"
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```

### Name only

**Request**

```json
{
  "name": "Rose Flower Shop"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "rbt_8fK2mQ",
  "name": "Rose Flower Shop",
  "channels": [],
  "created_at": "2026-09-20T11:04:33Z"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Name only
import requests

url = "https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots"

payload = { "name": "Rose Flower Shop" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Name only
const url = 'https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"name":"Rose Flower Shop"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Name only
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"Rose Flower Shop\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Name only
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"Rose Flower Shop\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Name only
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"Rose Flower Shop\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php Name only
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots', [
  'body' => '{
  "name": "Rose Flower Shop"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Name only
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"name\": \"Rose Flower Shop\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Name only
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["name": "Rose Flower Shop"] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api-chat.parstechai.com/v1/robots")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```