curl --request POST \
  --url https://your-instance.example.com/api/departments \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Sales",
  "description": "Inbound + outbound sales reps",
  "managerIds": [
    "65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9e0"
  ],
  "userIds": [
    "65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0",
    "65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d1"
  ]
}
'

import requests

url = "https://your-instance.example.com/api/departments"

payload = {
    "name": "Sales",
    "description": "Inbound + outbound sales reps",
    "managerIds": ["65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9e0"],
    "userIds": ["65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0", "65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d1"]
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'Sales',
    description: 'Inbound + outbound sales reps',
    managerIds: ['65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9e0'],
    userIds: ['65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0', '65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d1']
  })
};

fetch('https://your-instance.example.com/api/departments', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://your-instance.example.com/api/departments",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'Sales',
    'description' => 'Inbound + outbound sales reps',
    'managerIds' => [
        '65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9e0'
    ],
    'userIds' => [
        '65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0',
        '65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d1'
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://your-instance.example.com/api/departments"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"Sales\",\n  \"description\": \"Inbound + outbound sales reps\",\n  \"managerIds\": [\n    \"65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9e0\"\n  ],\n  \"userIds\": [\n    \"65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0\",\n    \"65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d1\"\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://your-instance.example.com/api/departments")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"Sales\",\n  \"description\": \"Inbound + outbound sales reps\",\n  \"managerIds\": [\n    \"65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9e0\"\n  ],\n  \"userIds\": [\n    \"65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0\",\n    \"65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d1\"\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://your-instance.example.com/api/departments")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"Sales\",\n  \"description\": \"Inbound + outbound sales reps\",\n  \"managerIds\": [\n    \"65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9e0\"\n  ],\n  \"userIds\": [\n    \"65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0\",\n    \"65b1f0a2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d1\"\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "department": {
    "_id": "65c1a0b0c0d0e0f0a0b0c0d1",
    "name": "Sales",
    "description": "Inbound + outbound sales reps",
    "organizationId": "65a0e0e0e0e0e0e0e0e0e0e0",
    "createdAt": "2026-01-12T09:00:00.000Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-04-04T12:30:00.000Z"
  }
}

{
  "error": "Department with this name already exists"
}

{
  "error": "Department with this name already exists"
}

{
  "error": "Department with this name already exists"
}

{
  "error": "Department with this name already exists"
}