# social.colibri.channel.create

> Published by [colibri.social](https://lexicon.garden/identity/did:plc:mprdjqjluoswa7awzggaggj3)

✓ This is the authoritative definition for this NSID.

## Links

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## Definitions

### `social.colibri.channel.create`

**Type**: `procedure`

Creates a channel in a category of a community.

#### Output

**Encoding**: `application/json`

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `uri` | `string` (at-uri) | Yes |  |

#### Errors

- **AppViewNotAuthorized**: The acting account has not published this AppView as authorized to act for it.
- **AuthRequired**: Missing, malformed, or unverifiable service auth.
- **CommunityCredentialsUnrecoverable**: The AppView cannot write to the community's repo and could not repair its own access.
- **Forbidden**: The caller lacks the permission this method requires.
- **InvalidRequest**: A parameter or body field was missing or malformed.
- **NotCommunityHub**: This AppView does not administer the community; the hub field names the one that does.
- **PdsUnavailable**: The PDS this operation needs is unreachable or is not a PDS.
- **UpstreamFailure**: A service outside this AppView failed.

## Raw Schema

```json
{
  "id": "social.colibri.channel.create",
  "defs": {
    "main": {
      "type": "procedure",
      "errors": [
        {
          "name": "AppViewNotAuthorized",
          "description": "The acting account has not published this AppView as authorized to act for it."
        },
        {
          "name": "AuthRequired",
          "description": "Missing, malformed, or unverifiable service auth."
        },
        {
          "name": "CommunityCredentialsUnrecoverable",
          "description": "The AppView cannot write to the community's repo and could not repair its own access."
        },
        {
          "name": "Forbidden",
          "description": "The caller lacks the permission this method requires."
        },
        {
          "name": "InvalidRequest",
          "description": "A parameter or body field was missing or malformed."
        },
        {
          "name": "NotCommunityHub",
          "description": "This AppView does not administer the community; the hub field names the one that does."
        },
        {
          "name": "PdsUnavailable",
          "description": "The PDS this operation needs is unreachable or is not a PDS."
        },
        {
          "name": "UpstreamFailure",
          "description": "A service outside this AppView failed."
        }
      ],
      "output": {
        "schema": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": [
            "uri"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "uri": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "at-uri"
            }
          }
        },
        "encoding": "application/json"
      },
      "parameters": {
        "type": "params",
        "required": [
          "community",
          "category",
          "name",
          "type"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "type": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "nsid",
            "description": "The channel type, e.g. social.colibri.channel.text."
          },
          "category": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "at-uri"
          },
          "community": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "at-uri"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "allowedRoles": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "record-key"
            }
          },
          "allowedMembers": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "did"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "Creates a channel in a category of a community."
    }
  },
  "$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
  "lexicon": 1
}
```