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Post
/v1/organizations/{organizationId}/organizationalUnits

Availability

Early Access: Planned; date not yet confirmed

Early Access is gated; contact the Backblaze Sales team for access.

Limited Availability: Planned; date not yet confirmed

This API is available only to customers with access to the Backblaze Enterprise Web Console. For more information, contact the Backblaze Sales team.

Create an organizational unit within an organization

Organizational Units are currently flat: nesting is not supported, and the only valid parent is an organization.

Security
HTTP
Type bearer

Short-lived bearer token obtained from GET /orgs/v1/authorize. Sent as Authorization - Bearer .

Path parameters
organizationId
stringRequired

The opaque identifier of the organization.

Pattern^[a-z0-9_-]{8,64}$
Exampleorg-acme-prod
Body parameters
{
  "displayName": "Production"
}
object
displayName
string Required
ExampleProduction
Responses
200

The request succeeded.

{
  "name": "organizationalUnits/ou-prod",
  "parent": "organizations/org-acme-prod",
  "displayName": "Production",
  "etag": "BwXk9a2J8p0=",
  "createTime": "2026-02-06T22:55:33Z",
  "updateTime": "2026-02-06T22:55:33Z"
}
object
name
string

Resource name in the form organizationalUnits/.

ExampleorganizationalUnits/ou-prod
parent
string

Parent resource name in the form organizations/. Organizational Unit nesting is not currently supported.

Exampleorganizations/org-acme-prod
displayName
string
ExampleProduction
etag
string
ExampleBwXk9a2J8p0=
createTime
string (date-time)
updateTime
string (date-time)
400

The request was malformed or failed validation.

HTTP StatusCodeDescription
400INVALID_ARGUMENTOne or more request parameters were invalid.
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object
requestId
string

Opaque correlation identifier matching the Request-Id response header. Include in support requests.

Example4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736
error
object
code
integer

Numeric error code.

Example10
message
string

Human-readable description of the error.

Exampleetag mismatch
details
object

Reserved for structured, non-sensitive diagnostic information related to the error condition.

401

The request was not authenticated.

HTTP StatusCodeDescription
401UNAUTHORIZEDMissing, expired, or invalid bearer token.
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object
requestId
string

Opaque correlation identifier matching the Request-Id response header. Include in support requests.

Example4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736
error
object
code
integer

Numeric error code.

Example10
message
string

Human-readable description of the error.

Exampleetag mismatch
details
object

Reserved for structured, non-sensitive diagnostic information related to the error condition.

403

The caller is not authorized to perform this operation.

HTTP StatusCodeDescription
403FORBIDDENThe authenticated principal lacks permission for this action.
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object
requestId
string

Opaque correlation identifier matching the Request-Id response header. Include in support requests.

Example4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736
error
object
code
integer

Numeric error code.

Example10
message
string

Human-readable description of the error.

Exampleetag mismatch
details
object

Reserved for structured, non-sensitive diagnostic information related to the error condition.

409

The request conflicted with the current state of the resource.

HTTP StatusCodeDescription
409CONFLICTetag mismatch, resource already exists, or precondition failed.
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object
requestId
string

Opaque correlation identifier matching the Request-Id response header. Include in support requests.

Example4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736
error
object
code
integer

Numeric error code.

Example10
message
string

Human-readable description of the error.

Exampleetag mismatch
details
object

Reserved for structured, non-sensitive diagnostic information related to the error condition.

429

The request was rate-limited.

HTTP StatusCodeDescription
429TOO_MANY_REQUESTSRate limit exceeded. Use exponential backoff.
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object
requestId
string

Opaque correlation identifier matching the Request-Id response header. Include in support requests.

Example4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736
error
object
code
integer

Numeric error code.

Example10
message
string

Human-readable description of the error.

Exampleetag mismatch
details
object

Reserved for structured, non-sensitive diagnostic information related to the error condition.

500

The server encountered an unexpected condition.

HTTP StatusCodeDescription
500INTERNALUnexpected server error. Include the requestId when contacting support.
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object
requestId
string

Opaque correlation identifier matching the Request-Id response header. Include in support requests.

Example4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736
error
object
code
integer

Numeric error code.

Example10
message
string

Human-readable description of the error.

Exampleetag mismatch
details
object

Reserved for structured, non-sensitive diagnostic information related to the error condition.

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