curl --request POST \
  --url https://your-instance.example.com/api/user/template-categories \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "introduction",
  "displayName": "Introduction",
  "description": "First-touch templates for new leads.",
  "color": "#3B82F6"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://your-instance.example.com/api/user/template-categories"

payload = {
    "name": "introduction",
    "displayName": "Introduction",
    "description": "First-touch templates for new leads.",
    "color": "#3B82F6"
}
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: 'introduction',
    displayName: 'Introduction',
    description: 'First-touch templates for new leads.',
    color: '#3B82F6'
  })
};

fetch('https://your-instance.example.com/api/user/template-categories', 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/user/template-categories",
  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' => 'introduction',
    'displayName' => 'Introduction',
    'description' => 'First-touch templates for new leads.',
    'color' => '#3B82F6'
  ]),
  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/user/template-categories"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"introduction\",\n  \"displayName\": \"Introduction\",\n  \"description\": \"First-touch templates for new leads.\",\n  \"color\": \"#3B82F6\"\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/user/template-categories")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"introduction\",\n  \"displayName\": \"Introduction\",\n  \"description\": \"First-touch templates for new leads.\",\n  \"color\": \"#3B82F6\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

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

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\": \"introduction\",\n  \"displayName\": \"Introduction\",\n  \"description\": \"First-touch templates for new leads.\",\n  \"color\": \"#3B82F6\"\n}"

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

{
  "_id": "64d2f9c5e8a1d4e001a0b1c2",
  "name": "tours",
  "displayName": "Tours",
  "description": "Tour-confirmation and follow-up templates.",
  "color": "#3B82F6",
  "sortOrder": 0,
  "isActive": true,
  "createdBy": {
    "fullName": "Acme Admin",
    "email": "admin@acme.example"
  },
  "createdAt": "2026-05-18T12:34:56.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-18T12:34:56.000Z"
}

{
  "error": "User not found",
  "details": "No user with id 64ee9a8b1e7f2a0011223399"
}

{
  "error": "User not found",
  "details": "No user with id 64ee9a8b1e7f2a0011223399"
}