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api: 'Business API'
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# Create a new label

Add a new label to a label group. 

:::note
This operation is not supported for [externally managed labels](/docs/guides/manage-accounts/accounting/manage-labels-and-label-groups#externally-managed-settings).
:::

The labels are used for accounting and can be applied to your financial records, such as expenses.

For more details, see the guides: [Manage accounting settings](/docs/guides/manage-accounts/accounting/manage-accounting-settings) and [Manage labels and label groups](/docs/guides/manage-accounts/accounting/manage-labels-and-label-groups).

## Endpoint

POST `/label-groups/{group_id}/labels`

## Parameters

### path parameters

- `group_id` (string, required)
  The ID of the label group to which to add the new label.

## Request body

### Attributes

- `name` (string)
    The name for the new label.

## Returns

### 201

Resource created

On successful creation, the response returns only the ID of the new resource (i.e. the label), even if the resource has more properties.
To get more details, use the ID of the parent label group to [get all the labels from the label group](/docs/api/business#get-labels).

#### Response attributes

- `id` (string, optional)
    The ID of the created resource.

## Error responses

| HTTP status code | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 400 | Bad Request  Returned, for example, when a required parameter is missing or malformatted. |
| 401 | Unauthorized – authentication credentials are missing or invalid  Returned when the request was not fulfilled because authentication has failed or has not been provided. |
| 403 | Action forbidden - insufficient permissions to perform this action  Returned, for example, when you don't have permissions necessary to perform this action. |
| 409 | Conflict  Request conflicts with the current state of the resource. Returned, for example, when a label with the provided name already exists. |
| 422 | Unprocessable entity - label cannot be created due to business rules   Returned, for example, when you have an accounting software integration connected to your Revolut Business account, and labels are managed by that integration.  The request is well-formed and the server understands it, but the operation cannot be performed because the resource state doesn't permit it. Retrying the same request won't succeed. |
| 429 | Too many requests  Returned, for example, when the rate limit has been exceeded. If the response includes the `Retry-After` instruction, please respect it and refrain from earlier retry attempts. |
| 500 | Internal server error  An unexpected application error occurred. |
| 503 | Service Unavailable  The system is temporarily unavailable. If the response includes the `Retry-After` header instruction, please respect it and refrain from earlier retry attempts. |