> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.kodelabs.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create a KODE API connector > Creates a connector that receives devices and points you send through the API. The only input is `name`. KODE sets `integrationType` to `API_KODE`. Keep the `_id` from the response. You use it as `connectorId` in every other connector request. > [!NOTE] > > Names are free text. The API accepts a second connector with the same name in the same building, so call [List connectors](https://docs.kodelabs.com/products/kode-api/api-reference/connectors/list-connectors.md) first if you want to reuse one. Unknown properties in the body are ignored. A connector appears in KODE OS as a data source of the building. Its `_id` is the data source id that the data source endpoints use, for example in [Ingest device and point data](https://docs.kodelabs.com/products/kode-api/guides/ingest-device-data.md). The response does not include `entities`. [Get a connector](https://docs.kodelabs.com/products/kode-api/api-reference/connectors/get-a-connector.md) returns them. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi/kode-api.yaml post /api/v1/buildings/{buildingId}/connectors/kode-api openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: KODE API version: 1.0.0 summary: Programmatic access to KODE OS resources and operations. description: > Use the KODE API to work with buildings, data sources, connectors, devices, points, virtual devices, timeseries data, schedules, the ontology, templating, mass writes, spaces, space assignments, tenants, meters, users, actions, and AssetOps work orders. license: name: Proprietary identifier: LicenseRef-Proprietary servers: - url: https://api.kodelabs.com/kodeos description: KODE API security: - bearerAuth: [] tags: - name: Authentication description: OAuth 2.0 discovery, token, and revocation endpoints. - name: Buildings description: Buildings and their areas. - name: Data sources description: Data sources connected to a building. - name: Devices description: Devices and their points. - name: Points description: Point queries and point writes. - name: Timeseries description: Current and historical point values. - name: Actions description: Actions exposed by building data sources. - name: Work orders description: AssetOps work orders, lookups, comments, and attachments. - name: Connectors description: KODE API connectors and the devices and points ingested through them. - name: Schedules description: Schedules discovered on building data sources. - name: Templating description: Apply ontology templates to groups of points. - name: Virtual devices description: Virtual devices that group points from other devices. - name: Ontology description: Canonical types, fields, units, and connections of the KODE ontology. - name: Users description: Users of the organization and their app access. - name: Mass write description: Write values to many points across buildings, and follow each run. - name: Spaces description: Levels and space units of a building, and the meters located in them. - name: Space assignments description: Assign tenants to leasable spaces of a building for a period. - name: Tenants description: Tenants of a building, the people or companies that lease its spaces. - name: Meters description: >- Meters of a building, their space assignments, parent and child links, and readings. paths: /api/v1/buildings/{buildingId}/connectors/kode-api: post: tags: - Connectors summary: Create a KODE API connector description: >- Creates a connector that receives devices and points you send through the API. operationId: createKodeApiConnector parameters: - $ref: '#/components/parameters/BuildingId' requestBody: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateKodeApiConnectorRequest' required: true responses: '200': description: The created connector. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConnectorPublic' '400': description: >- `name` is missing, `null`, empty, blank, or not a string, or the body is not valid JSON. '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized' '403': description: >- The building does not exist, is not available to your service account, or has no `api` product enabled. Your service account also needs the **Create KODE API connector** action. '429': $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests' components: parameters: BuildingId: name: buildingId in: path required: true description: Building identifier from List buildings. schema: type: string example: 67c960faffaa42223163099e schemas: CreateKodeApiConnectorRequest: type: object required: - name properties: name: type: string pattern: \S ConnectorPublic: type: object properties: _id: type: string organizationId: type: string createdAt: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Date' type: string readOnly: true updatedAt: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Date' type: string readOnly: true name: type: string integrationType: type: string disabled: type: boolean systemTypes: type: array items: type: string entities: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Entity' Date: type: string description: >- Date and time in UTC, with a numeric offset and no colon, for example `2026-10-28T13:51:31+0000`. examples: - 2026-10-28T13:51:31+0000 Entity: type: string enum: - DEVICES - SCHEDULES - ASSETS responses: Unauthorized: description: The access token is missing, invalid, or expired. Request a new token. TooManyRequests: description: >- A rate-limit window is exhausted. Wait, then retry with increasing delays. securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer bearerFormat: JWT description: > Paste an access token from [Create an access token](/products/kode-api/api-reference/authentication/create-an-access-token). Tokens expire, so request a new one if you receive `401`. ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.