Create a repository | Vercel REST API

APIs & SDKs

Create a repository

POSThttps://api.vercel.com/v1/vcr/repository

Create a container registry repository for a project.

https://api.vercel.com/v1/vcr/repository

const response = await fetch('https://api.vercel.com/v1/vcr/repository?teamId=string&slug=string', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "projectId": "example_id",
    "name": "nginx"
  }),
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Response

{
  "repository": {
    "createdAt": "2026-06-30T10:00:00.000Z",
    "id": "repo_a1b2c3d4e5f6",
    "name": "my-app",
    "projectId": "prj_a1b2c3d4e5f6",
    "public": "false",
    "updatedAt": "2026-06-30T10:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

Authentication

AuthorizationbearerToken

Default authentication mechanism

Query parameters

teamIdstringOptional

The Team identifier to perform the request on behalf of.

slugstringOptional

The Team slug to perform the request on behalf of.

Body

application/json

projectIdstringRequired

Project ID or name (slug) within the authenticated team. IDs take precedence over names. Missing or empty values return HTTP 400.

namestringRequired

Single Docker repository name component.

Response

200Success

repositoryobjectRequired

A Vercel Container Registry repository.

Errors

400One of the provided values in the request body is invalid.

401The request is not authorized.

402The account is missing a payment so payment method must be updated

403You do not have permission to access this resource.

404Error

409Error

410Error

Cross-link map: Create a repository (/docs/rest-api/vcr/create-a-repository)

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Semantically closest pages

Get a repository — GET /v1/vcr/repository/{idOrName} — Fetch a container registry repository for a project by ID or name.
List repositories — GET /v1/vcr/repository — List container registry repositories for a project.
Delete a repository — DELETE /v1/vcr/repository/{idOrName} — Schedule a repository for deletion. The repository is marked so it disappears fro
Add a repository permission — POST /v1/vcr/repository/{idOrName}/permissions — Grant a team access to a VCR repository. Sharing applies to the whole r
List repository permissions — GET /v1/vcr/repository/{idOrName}/permissions — List the teams a VCR repository is shared with.

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https://api.vercel.com/v1/vcr/repository

const response = await fetch('https://api.vercel.com/v1/vcr/repository?teamId=string&slug=string', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "projectId": "example_id",
    "name": "nginx"
  }),
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Response

{
  "repository": {
    "createdAt": "2026-06-30T10:00:00.000Z",
    "id": "repo_a1b2c3d4e5f6",
    "name": "my-app",
    "projectId": "prj_a1b2c3d4e5f6",
    "public": "false",
    "updatedAt": "2026-06-30T10:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

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