Create a collection model
const url = 'https://acme.mykreezalid.com/api/v1/collection-models';const options = { method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Basic <credentials>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, body: '{"handle":"voitures-par-marque","title":"Voitures par marque","type":"listing","rules":{"inclusion":{"type":"AND","rules":[{"type":"order_type","operator":"is","value":["1"]}]}},"pivot":{"type":"attribute","field":"marque","values":[{"value":"12","label":"Renault"},{"value":"14","label":"Peugeot"}]},"sort_by":"alphabetical","hide_empty":false,"handle_pattern":"voitures-{value}","title_pattern":"Voitures {value}","page_title":"Voitures {value} d\'occasion","subtitle":"example","description":"example","image_alt":"example","template":"example","thumbnail":"example","meta_title":"example","meta_description":"example","meta_keywords":"example","no_index":false,"no_follow":false,"sitemap_changefreq":"example","sitemap_priority":1}'};
try { const response = await fetch(url, options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data);} catch (error) { console.error(error);}curl --request POST \ --url https://acme.mykreezalid.com/api/v1/collection-models \ --header 'Authorization: Basic <credentials>' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "handle": "voitures-par-marque", "title": "Voitures par marque", "type": "listing", "rules": { "inclusion": { "type": "AND", "rules": [ { "type": "order_type", "operator": "is", "value": [ "1" ] } ] } }, "pivot": { "type": "attribute", "field": "marque", "values": [ { "value": "12", "label": "Renault" }, { "value": "14", "label": "Peugeot" } ] }, "sort_by": "alphabetical", "hide_empty": false, "handle_pattern": "voitures-{value}", "title_pattern": "Voitures {value}", "page_title": "Voitures {value} d'\''occasion", "subtitle": "example", "description": "example", "image_alt": "example", "template": "example", "thumbnail": "example", "meta_title": "example", "meta_description": "example", "meta_keywords": "example", "no_index": false, "no_follow": false, "sitemap_changefreq": "example", "sitemap_priority": 1 }'Creates the model and one collection per value, at the address its handle_pattern gives. An address a page, a route or another collection holds is never taken: the collection gets the first free -2, -3…, and its change says what held it (reason, wanted). With dry_run=1, nothing is written: the answer is what would be done.
Authorizations
Section titled “Authorizations”Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”Query Parameters
Section titled “Query Parameters”1 to preview, writing nothing
Request Bodyrequired
Section titled “Request Bodyrequired”A collection model makes one storefront collection per value of a criterion and keeps them in step. Its text fields are patterns: {value} stands for each value’s label. A collection leaving a field unset (null) shows the pattern; one setting it keeps its own.
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3Internal handle, unique among models: a model has no page, so it holds no address of the site
Example
voitures-par-marqueThe model’s own name
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Voitures par marqueWhat its collections present
The conditions every collection shares, all of them met: inclusion {type: AND, rules: […]} and exclusion […]
object
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{ "inclusion": { "type": "AND", "rules": [ { "type": "order_type", "operator": "is", "value": [ "1" ] } ] }}The criterion that varies: type (attribute, category, seller_group, order_type, city, country, department or tag; for users: seller_group, city, country, department), field (an attribute’s alias) and values, in order, each a value and its label. Sent, it replaces the previous criterion whole.
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{ "type": "attribute", "field": "marque", "values": [ { "value": "12", "label": "Renault" }, { "value": "14", "label": "Peugeot" } ]}The criterion as a person reads it
object
Example
{ "type": "attribute", "field": "marque", "name": "Marque"}The order of its collections: by label, by how many items each presents (the fullest first), or the order of the values
Whether the theme’s link block (Liquid collection_models.<handle>.collections) leaves out the collections presenting no item, counted every quarter of an hour; their pages stay online
Its collections’ handle, with {value}
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voitures-{value}Its collections’ name, with {value}; empty, the value’s label
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Voitures {value}Example
Voitures {value} d'occasionHTML
The image itself is uploaded in the back office
Suffix of the theme’s collection template
Snippet drawing each item
Its collections’ default
Its collections’ default
Always, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly or never
From 0 to 1
Its collections, in its order: in short in a list of models; as they show (each unset field filled from the pattern, with replaced and count) for one model
Represents a logical group of listings, such as construction projects or promotions, or a storefront page presenting listings or users. A collection made by a collection model follows its model’s conditions; its fields left null show the model’s patterns.
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Collection’s unique identifier
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432432URL-friendly identifier for the collection (slug)
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soldesHuman-readable title of the collection
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Promotions de PrintempsFlexible metadata container for the collection
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{ "last_updated_at": "2025-07-01T10:00:00Z", "theme": "blue"}Handle of the parent collection, if this is a sub-collection. It is not returned in responses: list a parent’s sub-collections with GET /collections/{parent_handle}.
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promosWhether the collection is a storefront page, at /{handle}
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trueWhether its page is online
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trueWhat it presents: listing or user
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listingThe title its page shows. On a collection made by a model: null for the model’s pattern, empty for nothing, or its own
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Voitures électriquesSame three states as page_title
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nullHTML; same three states as page_title
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nullAlternative text of the image (the image itself is uploaded in the back office)
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nullIts conditions: inclusion {type: AND or OR, rules: […]} and exclusion […]. Read-only on a collection made by a model
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nullSuffix of the theme’s collection template; empty, the default one
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nullSnippet drawing each item; empty, the default card of its type
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nullFull URL; never inherited
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nullSEO title
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nullSEO description
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nullSEO keywords
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nullKept out of search engines; null on a collection made by a model: as the model
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falseLinks not followed; null on a collection made by a model: as the model
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falseAlways, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly or never
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nullFrom 0 to 1
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nullThe id of the collection model it is made by; read-only
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nullThe handle of that model; read-only
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nullThe model’s value it stands for; read-only
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nullThe label of that value; read-only
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nullThe criterion its model varies on: type, field (an attribute’s alias) and a readable name
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{ "type": "attribute", "field": "marque", "name": "Marque"}Collection creation date
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2025-07-20T10:30:00ZDate of last update
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2025-07-20T14:45:00ZResponses
Section titled “Responses”Preview (dry_run): model unsaved, and plan
A collection model as saved (or as it would be), and the changes to its collections
object
True when nothing was written
A collection model makes one storefront collection per value of a criterion and keeps them in step. Its text fields are patterns: {value} stands for each value’s label. A collection leaving a field unset (null) shows the pattern; one setting it keeps its own.
object
Internal handle, unique among models: a model has no page, so it holds no address of the site
The model’s own name
What its collections present
The conditions every collection shares, all of them met: inclusion {type: AND, rules: […]} and exclusion […]
object
The criterion that varies: type (attribute, category, seller_group, order_type, city, country, department or tag; for users: seller_group, city, country, department), field (an attribute’s alias) and values, in order, each a value and its label. Sent, it replaces the previous criterion whole.
object
The criterion as a person reads it
object
The order of its collections: by label, by how many items each presents (the fullest first), or the order of the values
Whether the theme’s link block (Liquid collection_models.<handle>.collections) leaves out the collections presenting no item, counted every quarter of an hour; their pages stay online
Its collections’ handle, with {value}
Its collections’ name, with {value}; empty, the value’s label
HTML
The image itself is uploaded in the back office
Suffix of the theme’s collection template
Snippet drawing each item
Its collections’ default
Its collections’ default
Always, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly or never
From 0 to 1
Its collections, in its order: in short in a list of models; as they show (each unset field filled from the pattern, with replaced and count) for one model
Represents a logical group of listings, such as construction projects or promotions, or a storefront page presenting listings or users. A collection made by a collection model follows its model’s conditions; its fields left null show the model’s patterns.
object
Collection’s unique identifier
URL-friendly identifier for the collection (slug)
Human-readable title of the collection
Flexible metadata container for the collection
object
Handle of the parent collection, if this is a sub-collection. It is not returned in responses: list a parent’s sub-collections with GET /collections/{parent_handle}.
Whether the collection is a storefront page, at /{handle}
Whether its page is online
What it presents: listing or user
The title its page shows. On a collection made by a model: null for the model’s pattern, empty for nothing, or its own
Same three states as page_title
HTML; same three states as page_title
Alternative text of the image (the image itself is uploaded in the back office)
Its conditions: inclusion {type: AND or OR, rules: […]} and exclusion […]. Read-only on a collection made by a model
object
Suffix of the theme’s collection template; empty, the default one
Snippet drawing each item; empty, the default card of its type
Full URL; never inherited
SEO title
SEO description
SEO keywords
Kept out of search engines; null on a collection made by a model: as the model
Links not followed; null on a collection made by a model: as the model
Always, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly or never
From 0 to 1
The id of the collection model it is made by; read-only
The handle of that model; read-only
The model’s value it stands for; read-only
The label of that value; read-only
The criterion its model varies on: type, field (an attribute’s alias) and a readable name
object
Collection creation date
Date of last update
One change per collection concerned; a collection already in step is not in it
What saving a model does to one of its collections
object
Create: a new value’s collection; update: its conditions rewritten; online: a value put back; offline: a value taken out (its texts kept)
The collection’s handle
The collection’s id; null for one still to create
For a create whose address was held: what held it. The collection then takes the first free -2, -3…
For a create: the address the pattern gave
Example
{ "model": { "id": 3, "handle": "voitures-par-marque", "title": "Voitures par marque", "type": "listing", "rules": { "inclusion": { "type": "AND", "rules": [ { "type": "order_type", "operator": "is", "value": [ "1" ] } ] } }, "pivot": { "type": "attribute", "field": "marque", "values": [ { "value": "12", "label": "Renault" }, { "value": "14", "label": "Peugeot" } ] }, "criterion": { "type": "attribute", "field": "marque", "name": "Marque" }, "sort_by": "alphabetical", "hide_empty": false, "handle_pattern": "voitures-{value}", "title_pattern": "Voitures {value}", "page_title": "Voitures {value} d'occasion", "no_index": false, "no_follow": false, "collections": [ { "id": 432432, "handle": "soldes", "title": "Promotions de Printemps", "metadata": { "last_updated_at": "2025-07-01T10:00:00Z", "theme": "blue" }, "parent_handle": "promos", "storefront_enabled": true, "is_online": true, "type": "listing", "page_title": "Voitures électriques", "subtitle": null, "description": null, "image_alt": null, "rules": null, "template": null, "thumbnail": null, "canonical_url": null, "meta_title": null, "meta_description": null, "meta_keywords": null, "no_index": false, "no_follow": false, "sitemap_changefreq": null, "sitemap_priority": null, "model_id": null, "model_handle": null, "pivot_value": null, "pivot_label": null, "model_pivot": { "type": "attribute", "field": "marque", "name": "Marque" }, "created_at": "2025-07-20T10:30:00Z", "updated_at": "2025-07-20T14:45:00Z" } ] }, "plan": [ { "action": "create", "value": "12", "label": "Renault", "handle": "voitures-renault", "reason": "page", "wanted": "voitures-renault" } ]}Created: model, and plan, the changes carried out
A collection model as saved (or as it would be), and the changes to its collections
object
True when nothing was written
A collection model makes one storefront collection per value of a criterion and keeps them in step. Its text fields are patterns: {value} stands for each value’s label. A collection leaving a field unset (null) shows the pattern; one setting it keeps its own.
object
Internal handle, unique among models: a model has no page, so it holds no address of the site
The model’s own name
What its collections present
The conditions every collection shares, all of them met: inclusion {type: AND, rules: […]} and exclusion […]
object
The criterion that varies: type (attribute, category, seller_group, order_type, city, country, department or tag; for users: seller_group, city, country, department), field (an attribute’s alias) and values, in order, each a value and its label. Sent, it replaces the previous criterion whole.
object
The criterion as a person reads it
object
The order of its collections: by label, by how many items each presents (the fullest first), or the order of the values
Whether the theme’s link block (Liquid collection_models.<handle>.collections) leaves out the collections presenting no item, counted every quarter of an hour; their pages stay online
Its collections’ handle, with {value}
Its collections’ name, with {value}; empty, the value’s label
HTML
The image itself is uploaded in the back office
Suffix of the theme’s collection template
Snippet drawing each item
Its collections’ default
Its collections’ default
Always, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly or never
From 0 to 1
Its collections, in its order: in short in a list of models; as they show (each unset field filled from the pattern, with replaced and count) for one model
Represents a logical group of listings, such as construction projects or promotions, or a storefront page presenting listings or users. A collection made by a collection model follows its model’s conditions; its fields left null show the model’s patterns.
object
Collection’s unique identifier
URL-friendly identifier for the collection (slug)
Human-readable title of the collection
Flexible metadata container for the collection
object
Handle of the parent collection, if this is a sub-collection. It is not returned in responses: list a parent’s sub-collections with GET /collections/{parent_handle}.
Whether the collection is a storefront page, at /{handle}
Whether its page is online
What it presents: listing or user
The title its page shows. On a collection made by a model: null for the model’s pattern, empty for nothing, or its own
Same three states as page_title
HTML; same three states as page_title
Alternative text of the image (the image itself is uploaded in the back office)
Its conditions: inclusion {type: AND or OR, rules: […]} and exclusion […]. Read-only on a collection made by a model
object
Suffix of the theme’s collection template; empty, the default one
Snippet drawing each item; empty, the default card of its type
Full URL; never inherited
SEO title
SEO description
SEO keywords
Kept out of search engines; null on a collection made by a model: as the model
Links not followed; null on a collection made by a model: as the model
Always, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly or never
From 0 to 1
The id of the collection model it is made by; read-only
The handle of that model; read-only
The model’s value it stands for; read-only
The label of that value; read-only
The criterion its model varies on: type, field (an attribute’s alias) and a readable name
object
Collection creation date
Date of last update
One change per collection concerned; a collection already in step is not in it
What saving a model does to one of its collections
object
Create: a new value’s collection; update: its conditions rewritten; online: a value put back; offline: a value taken out (its texts kept)
The collection’s handle
The collection’s id; null for one still to create
For a create whose address was held: what held it. The collection then takes the first free -2, -3…
For a create: the address the pattern gave
Example
{ "model": { "id": 3, "handle": "voitures-par-marque", "title": "Voitures par marque", "type": "listing", "rules": { "inclusion": { "type": "AND", "rules": [ { "type": "order_type", "operator": "is", "value": [ "1" ] } ] } }, "pivot": { "type": "attribute", "field": "marque", "values": [ { "value": "12", "label": "Renault" }, { "value": "14", "label": "Peugeot" } ] }, "criterion": { "type": "attribute", "field": "marque", "name": "Marque" }, "sort_by": "alphabetical", "hide_empty": false, "handle_pattern": "voitures-{value}", "title_pattern": "Voitures {value}", "page_title": "Voitures {value} d'occasion", "no_index": false, "no_follow": false, "collections": [ { "id": 432432, "handle": "soldes", "title": "Promotions de Printemps", "metadata": { "last_updated_at": "2025-07-01T10:00:00Z", "theme": "blue" }, "parent_handle": "promos", "storefront_enabled": true, "is_online": true, "type": "listing", "page_title": "Voitures électriques", "subtitle": null, "description": null, "image_alt": null, "rules": null, "template": null, "thumbnail": null, "canonical_url": null, "meta_title": null, "meta_description": null, "meta_keywords": null, "no_index": false, "no_follow": false, "sitemap_changefreq": null, "sitemap_priority": null, "model_id": null, "model_handle": null, "pivot_value": null, "pivot_label": null, "model_pivot": { "type": "attribute", "field": "marque", "name": "Marque" }, "created_at": "2025-07-20T10:30:00Z", "updated_at": "2025-07-20T14:45:00Z" } ] }, "plan": [ { "action": "create", "value": "12", "label": "Renault", "handle": "voitures-renault", "reason": "page", "wanted": "voitures-renault" } ]}Invalid: errors lists every problem
Why a collection or collection model request was refused.
object
The problems found: for a collection, field by field, the rules not met and their messages. Present only when there are some.
Example
{ "success": false, "message": "Collection handle is required"}