import { Prerequisites } from "docs-ui"

export const metadata = {
  title: `${pageNumber} Create Brand API Route`,
}

# {metadata.title}

<Note title="Example Chapter">

This chapter covers how to define an API route that creates a brand as the last step of the ["Build Custom Features" chapter](../page.mdx).

</Note>

<Prerequisites
  items={[
    {
      text: "createBrandWorkflow",
      link: "/customization/custom-features/workflow"
    }
  ]}
/>

Create the file `src/api/admin/brands/route.ts` with the following content:

```ts title="src/api/admin/brands/route.ts" collapsibleLines="1-9" expandButtonLabel="Show Imports"
import {
  MedusaRequest,
  MedusaResponse,
} from "@medusajs/framework/http"
import { 
  CreateBrandInput, 
  createBrandWorkflow,
} from "../../../workflows/create-brand"

export const POST = async (
  req: MedusaRequest<CreateBrandInput>,
  res: MedusaResponse
) => {
  const { result } = await createBrandWorkflow(req.scope)
    .run({
      input: req.body,
    })

  res.json({ brand: result })
}
```

This adds a `POST` API route at `/admin/brands`. In the API route's handler, you execute the `createBrandWorkflow`, passing it the request body as input.

You return in the response the created brand.

<Note>

Learn more about API routes [in this guide](../../../basics/api-routes/page.mdx).

</Note>

---

## Test API Route

To test it out, first, retrieve an authenticated token of your admin user by sending a `POST` request to the `/auth/user/emailpass` API Route:

```bash
curl -X POST 'http://localhost:9000/auth/user/emailpass' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "email": "admin@medusa-test.com",
    "password": "supersecret"
}'
```

Make sure to replace the email and password with your user's credentials.

Then, send a `POST` request to `/admin/brands`, passing the token received from the previous request in the `Authorization` header:

```bash
curl -X POST 'http://localhost:9000/admin/brands' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer {token}' \
--data '{
    "name": "Acme"
}'
```

This returns the created brand in the response:

```json title="Example Response"
{
  "brand": {
    "id": "01J7AX9ES4X113HKY6C681KDZJ",
    "name": "Acme",
    "created_at": "2024-09-09T08:09:34.244Z",
    "updated_at": "2024-09-09T08:09:34.244Z"
  }
}
```

---

## Summary

By following the previous example chapters, you implemented a custom feature that allows admin users to create a brand by:

1. Creating a module that defines and manages the `Brand` data model.
2. Creating a workflow that uses the module's main service to create a brand record, and implements the compensation logic to delete that brand in case an error occurs.
3. Creating an API route that allows admin users to create a brand.

---

## Next Steps

In the next chapters, you'll learn how to extend data models and associate the brand with a product.