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Method: courses.topics.create
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Creates a topic.
This method returns the following error codes:
PERMISSION_DENIED if the requesting user is not permitted to access the requested course, create a topic in the requested course, or for access errors.INVALID_ARGUMENT if the request is malformed.ALREADY_EXISTS if there exists a topic in the course with the same name.FAILED_PRECONDITION for the following request error:
NOT_FOUND if the requested course does not exist.
HTTP request
POST https://classroom.googleapis.com/v1/courses/{courseId}/topics
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
courseId |
string
Identifier of the course. This identifier can be either the Classroom-assigned identifier or an alias.
|
Request body
The request body contains an instance of Topic.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of Topic.
Authorization scopes
Requires the following OAuth scope:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/classroom.topics
For more information, see the Authorization guide.
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Last updated 2025-04-17 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-04-17 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Method: courses.topics.create\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nCreates a topic.\n\nThis method returns the following error codes:\n\n- `PERMISSION_DENIED` if the requesting user is not permitted to access the requested course, create a topic in the requested course, or for [access errors](/workspace/classroom/reference/Access.Errors).\n- `INVALID_ARGUMENT` if the request is malformed.\n- `ALREADY_EXISTS` if there exists a topic in the course with the same name.\n- `FAILED_PRECONDITION` for the following [request error](/workspace/classroom/reference/Request.Errors):\n - CourseTopicLimitReached\n- `NOT_FOUND` if the requested course does not exist.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`POST https://classroom.googleapis.com/v1/courses/{courseId}/topics`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `courseId` | `string` Identifier of the course. This identifier can be either the Classroom-assigned identifier or an [alias](/workspace/classroom/reference/rest/v1/courses.aliases#CourseAlias). |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body contains an instance of [Topic](/workspace/classroom/reference/rest/v1/courses.topics#Topic).\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of [Topic](/workspace/classroom/reference/rest/v1/courses.topics#Topic).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires the following OAuth scope:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/classroom.topics`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authorization guide](/workspace/guides/configure-oauth-consent)."]]
