---
search:
  tags:
    - Venues
    - POST
seo:
  description: >-
    The driving distance and drive time from your own business address are
    worked… Reference for the POST /api/v1/venues endpoint in the Bloomcount
    Public API API.
sidebar:
  label: Create a venue
  badge: POST
title: Create a venue
type: openapi-operation
---
The driving distance and drive time from your own business address are worked out in the background, exactly as
they are for a venue added in the app, and appear on later reads. Images can't be attached over the API: an
upload needs a signed URL this API doesn't hand out.

Only `name` is required. Give an `address` if you want the distance: without one there is nothing to route to,
and `distanceMeters` and `durationSeconds` stay `null`.

**Errors**

- `422 venue_name_required` — no name, or a blank one.

<Operation source="reference" id="post-api-v1-venues" />