> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.scanova.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create a theme

> POST /theme/

Saves a new theme, on the **Management API** host (`api.scanova.io`), authenticated with your raw Management API key.

```
POST https://api.scanova.io/theme/
Authorization: 401f7ac837da42b97f613d789819ff93537bee6a
```

<ParamField body="name" type="string" required>
  Theme name, max 100 characters. Blank or whitespace-only names are rejected.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="config_json" type="object" required>
  Design tokens (colors, fonts, and so on) following the ThemeConfigV2 schema — validated server-side.
</ParamField>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X POST "https://api.scanova.io/theme/" \
    -H "Authorization: 401f7ac837da42b97f613d789819ff93537bee6a" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
      "name": "Ocean Breeze",
      "config_json": { "color": { "accent": "#0077be", "background": "#f0f8ff" }, "font": { "heading": "Inter" } }
    }'
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json 201 theme={null}
  {
    "id": 7,
    "name": "Ocean Breeze",
    "slug": "user-42-ocean-breeze-a1b2c3",
    "description": "A cool blue palette.",
    "config_json": { "color": { "accent": "#0077be", "background": "#f0f8ff" }, "font": { "heading": "Inter" } },
    "schema_version": 2,
    "category_hints": ["website-url", "vcard"],
    "thumbnail_url": "https://cdn.scanova.io/themes/7/thumb.png",
    "is_system": false,
    "is_premium": false,
    "order": 0
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

`slug` is generated server-side and can't be set directly. `400` for a blank `name` or a `config_json` that fails ThemeConfigV2 schema validation.

## Related

* [List themes](/api-reference/management-api/theme-manager/theme-list) — see saved themes.
* [Update a theme](/api-reference/management-api/theme-manager/theme-update) — edit an existing one.
* [Management API overview](/api-reference/management-api/overview) — the auth scheme and quota rules that apply to this endpoint.


## OpenAPI

````yaml api-reference/openapi/management-api.json POST /theme/
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Scanova Management API (v2)
  description: >-
    The complete Scanova Management API — every endpoint available at
    api.scanova.io (QR codes, folders, tags, leads, forms, analytics, plans,
    shared users & roles), plus the token-creation and usage-stats endpoints
    used to authenticate against it. Every path and request/response shape below
    was verified live against a real API key and the actual running backend
    (Phase 7, 2026-08-16) — not guessed from reading urls.py alone.
  version: 2.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.scanova.io
    description: Management API — QR/folder/tag/lead/form/analytics/plans endpoints
security:
  - apiKeyAuth: []
paths:
  /theme/:
    post:
      summary: Create a theme
      description: >-
        Requires authentication. `slug` is generated server-side and can't be
        set.
      operationId: createTheme
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            example:
              name: Ocean Breeze
              config_json:
                color:
                  accent: '#0077be'
                  background: '#f0f8ff'
                font:
                  heading: Inter
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Theme created.
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                id: 7
                name: Ocean Breeze
                slug: user-42-ocean-breeze-a1b2c3
                description: A cool blue palette.
                config_json:
                  color:
                    accent: '#0077be'
                    background: '#f0f8ff'
                  font:
                    heading: Inter
                schema_version: 2
                category_hints:
                  - website-url
                  - vcard
                thumbnail_url: https://cdn.scanova.io/themes/7/thumb.png
                is_system: false
                is_premium: false
                order: 0
        '400':
          description: Blank name, or config_json fails ThemeConfigV2 schema validation.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: >-
        Send your Management API key as the raw value of the Authorization
        header — no "Bearer " or "Token " prefix, and no other characters.
        Example: `Authorization: 401f7ac837da42b97f613d789819ff93537bee6a`. A
        header containing more than one space-separated part is rejected
        outright. Requests also require the request's Host header to be the
        management API host (e.g. api.scanova.io) — the same key sent to the
        regular API host will not authenticate.

````