Create Department

Create a new department within a company

POST /companies/{company_id}/departments

cURL

curl -X POST https://api.companyflow.com/companies/{company_id}/departments \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "Engineering",
    "code": "ENG",
    "description": "Software engineering and development",
    "cost_center": "CC-100",
    "status": "active"
  }'

201 - Success

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
    "company_id": "987fcdeb-51a2-43f7-9c5d-123456789abc",
    "name": "Engineering",
    "code": "ENG",
    "description": "Software engineering and development",
    "parent_department_id": null,
    "cost_center": "CC-100",
    "status": "active",
    "created_at": "2026-03-03T10:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-03-03T10:00:00Z"
  }
}

Authentication

This endpoint requires authentication with a Bearer token. Only users with Super Admin or HR Manager roles can create departments.

company_id · string · required

The unique identifier of the company

Request Body

name · string · required

Department name (2-255 characters)

code · string

Department code (max 50 characters)

description · string

Department description

parent_department_id · string

UUID of the parent department for hierarchical structure

cost_center · string

Cost center identifier (max 100 characters)

status · string · required

Department status. Must be one of: active, inactive

Response

success · boolean

Indicates if the request was successful

data · object

The created department object

Show Department Object

id · string

Unique department identifier

company_id · string

Company identifier

name · string

Department name

code · string

Department code

description · string

Department description

parent_department_id · string

Parent department ID if hierarchical

cost_center · string

Cost center identifier

status · string

Department status (active/inactive)

created_at · string

ISO 8601 timestamp of creation

updated_at · string

ISO 8601 timestamp of last update

cURL

curl -X POST https://api.companyflow.com/companies/{company_id}/departments \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "Engineering",
    "code": "ENG",
    "description": "Software engineering and development",
    "cost_center": "CC-100",
    "status": "active"
  }'

201 - Success

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
    "company_id": "987fcdeb-51a2-43f7-9c5d-123456789abc",
    "name": "Engineering",
    "code": "ENG",
    "description": "Software engineering and development",
    "parent_department_id": null,
    "cost_center": "CC-100",
    "status": "active",
    "created_at": "2026-03-03T10:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-03-03T10:00:00Z"
  }
}