4.1.3. Create Brand API Route

Create the file src/api/admin/brands/route.ts with the following content:

src/api/admin/brands/route.ts
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8} from "../../../workflows/create-brand"9
10export const POST = async (11  req: MedusaRequest<CreateBrandInput>,12  res: MedusaResponse13) => {14  const { result } = await createBrandWorkflow(req.scope)15    .run({16      input: req.body,17    })18
19  res.json({ brand: result })20}

This adds a POST API route at /admin/brands. In the API route's handler, you execute the createBrandWorkflow, passing it the request body as input.

You return in the response the created brand.

Test API Route#

To test it out, first, retrieve an authenticated token of your admin user by sending a POST request to the /auth/user/emailpass API Route:

Code
1curl -X POST 'http://localhost:9000/auth/user/emailpass' \2-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \3--data-raw '{4    "email": "admin@medusa-test.com",5    "password": "supersecret"6}'

Make sure to replace the email and password with your user's credentials.

Then, send a POST request to /admin/brands, passing the token received from the previous request in the Authorization header:

Code
1curl -X POST 'http://localhost:9000/admin/brands' \2-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \3-H 'Authorization: Bearer {token}' \4--data '{5    "name": "Acme"6}'

This returns the created brand in the response:

Example Response
1{2  "brand": {3    "id": "01J7AX9ES4X113HKY6C681KDZJ",4    "name": "Acme",5    "created_at": "2024-09-09T08:09:34.244Z",6    "updated_at": "2024-09-09T08:09:34.244Z"7  }8}

Summary#

By following the previous example chapters, you implemented a custom feature that allows admin users to create a brand by:

1. Creating a module that defines and manages the Brand data model.
2. Creating a workflow that uses the module's main service to create a brand record, and implements the compensation logic to delete that brand in case an error occurs.
3. Creating an API route that allows admin users to create a brand.

Next Steps#

In the next chapters, you'll learn how to extend data models and associate the brand with a product.