Create a card

Saves a card. Saving a link that’s already in Teak makes no second card: when the save is just the link (url, or content that is only the link) and a card outside Trash has the same link, ignoring http/https, www., a trailing slash, a #fragment and utm_*/fbclid/gclid parameters, that card moves to the top of sort=newest and comes back from Archive. The response is still status: "created" with code 200, plus resaved: true (and wasArchived: true when it was archived). Tags and notes sent with a re-save are ignored; PATCH the card to add them. A re-save counts toward the rate limit but not the free plan’s card limit. A link with other text in content always makes a new card. Replaying an Idempotency-Key returns the first response.

POST/v1/cards

Authorization

AuthorizationBearer token (OAuth access token or teakapi_ API key) · headerrequired

Bearer token. Accepts either an OAuth 2.0 access token (obtained via browser sign-in; expires after 1 hour and is refreshable) or a teakapi_ API key.

Request body

application/json

cardTypestring

Optional explicit card type. Text content is stored as raw Markdown without normalization. When omitted, Teak keeps automatic URL, quote, and palette classification. Uploaded file types are inferred from fileName and mimeType. image, video, audio, and document need an uploaded file (fileKey); palette needs at least one readable color in content, notes, or tags.

Allowed:textlinkimagevideoaudiodocumentpalettequote

contentstring

Card content. For text cards this is canonical raw Markdown, preserved exactly, with a maximum of 512 KiB measured in UTF-8 bytes.

fileEtagstring

ETag returned by the completed upload PUT. Include it when creating an uploaded-file card so Teak can verify the exact stored object.

fileKeystring

fileNamestring

fileSizenumber

mimeTypestring

notesstring | null

pageSnapshotKeystring

From POST /v1/page-snapshots/upload: the page as the browser showed it, gzipped, which becomes the link's saved copy instead of the page Teak fetches. Only for links; a key that isn't one of your snapshot uploads is ignored, and the card is still saved. Not allowed with fileKey.

sourcestring

A free label for what saved the card, kept in its metadata. To record the page a card came from, use sourceUrl.

sourceTitlestring

The title of the page in sourceUrl. Trimmed, and cut to 300 characters. Needs sourceUrl.

sourceUrlstring

The page the card was saved from, such as the page a quote was selected on: an http or https URL of at most 2048 characters. Unlike url, it never makes the card a link, and it isn't part of the duplicate check. Not allowed with fileKey.

tagsstring[]

urlstring

Responses

200

Created card

appUrlstring<uri>required

cardCard

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aiSummarystring | null

aiTagsstring[]required

aiTranscriptstring | null

What is said in the card: an audio or video file's transcript, a Vimeo video's captions, or a podcast episode's transcript.

appUrlstring<uri>required

archiveobject | null

A link's saved copy of its page, which Teak keeps privately and opens when the original is gone: full (text, styles and images, up to 20 MB) or text_only (the page was too large), its size in bytes and when it was taken. Null until the copy is saved, and for other cards. The copy itself stays in the app.

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One of:

object

bytesnumberrequired

capturedAtnumberrequired

kindstringrequired

Allowed:fulltext_only

null

null

articleobject | null

A link's article, taken from its saved copy: its length in words and minutes to read. Null for other cards, until the article is ready, and for pages that aren't articles. Read it with GET /v1/cards/{cardId}/content?kind=article.

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One of:

object

readingMinutesnumberrequired

wordCountnumberrequired

null

null

compactUrlstring | nullrequired

256px rendition URL for small cards; present for image uploads.

contentstringrequired

highlightCountnumber

Passages highlighted in a link's article, up to 200; 0 for other cards. List them with GET /v1/cards/{cardId}/highlights.

isDeletedboolean

metadataStatusstring | null

processingStatusobject | null

Per-stage processing state (classify, categorize, metadata, renderables, screenshot, archive, article), or null once nothing is tracked.

linkPreviewDescriptionstring | null

linkFactsobject[]

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Array of object

labelstringrequired

valuestringrequired

linkPreviewTitlestring | null

linkCategorystring | null

What a link is, such as article, movie, product or game, or null before Teak has read it. A plain string: new categories are added over time, so accept values you don't know.

linkPriceobject | null

A product link's price, read from the page: amount in the page's currency and currency as an ISO 4217 code, or null when the page didn't say which. Null for cards without a price. price: in q compares amount.

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amountnumberrequired

currencystring | nullrequired

linkFaviconUrlstring | null

fileWidthnumber | null

fileHeightnumber | null

audioWaveformobject | null

Audio bar heights from 0 to 100: 45 for a grid card and 200 for a player. Null for other cards and audio saved before waveforms.

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detailnumber[]required

gridnumber[]required

videoScrubobject | null

A horizontal JPEG strip of evenly spaced video frames for hover previews, frames * frameWidth wide. The URL is signed and expires. Null for other cards and videos saved before scrub strips.

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frameHeightnumberrequired

frameWidthnumberrequired

framesnumberrequired

urlstringrequired

colorsobject[]

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Array of object

hexstringrequired

namestring

createdAtnumberrequired

detailUrlstring | null

fileExtensionstring | null

fileKindstring | null

fileLanguagestring | null

fileNamestring | null

filePreviewobject | null

fileSizenumber | null

fileUrlstring | null

idstringrequired

archivedAtnumber | null

When the card was archived, or null when it isn't.

completedAtnumber | null

When the link was marked read, watched, bought or otherwise done (POST /v1/cards/{cardId}/done), or null when it isn't. is:done and is:todo in q filter on it.

folderIdsstring[]

Ids of the folders the card is in (at most 50).

isArchivedbooleanrequired

Archived cards are hidden from the library and listings unless you ask for them with archived.

isFavoritedbooleanrequired

isPinnedboolean

True while the card is pinned to the top of the library, at most 12 cards. Archiving or trashing a card unpins it.

isHiddenboolean

True when one of the card's tags is secret or hidden (any case). Hidden cards are left out of every list and search unless the search names one of those tags, as q=#secret, q=tag:hidden or tag=secret. Getting the card by id, /v1/cards/changes and exports still include it. Read-only: change the tags to change it.

linkPreviewImageUrlstring | null

linkPreviewMediaobject[]

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Array of object

typestringrequired

Allowed:imagevideo

urlstringrequired

contentTypestring

widthnumber

heightnumber

posterUrlstring

posterContentTypestring

posterWidthnumber

posterHeightnumber

linkSiteNamestring | null

linkAuthorstring | null

linkPublisherstring | null

linkPublishedAtstring | null

metadataDescriptionstring | null

metadataTitlestring | null

mimeTypestring | null

notesstring | null

placeholderUrlstring | nullrequired

48px loading-placeholder rendition URL; present for image uploads.

savedAtnumber

When the card was last saved. It starts equal to createdAt and moves to the time of the save when you save the same link again (POST /v1/cards answers resaved: true). sort=newest and sort=oldest order by it. createdAt stays the date the card was first saved.

screenshotUrlstring | null

sourceTitlestring | null

The title of the page the card was saved from, beside sourceUrl.

sourceUrlstring | null

The page the card was saved from, such as the page a quote was selected on. Set when the card is created; site: matches its host when the card has no url. Not the same as source, the free label sent at create.

tagsstring[]required

thumbnailOverriddenboolean

True when linkPreviewImageUrl is an image chosen for this link (PUT /v1/cards/{cardId}/thumbnail) rather than the one Teak found.

thumbnailUrlstring | null

typestringrequired

updatedAtnumberrequired

urlstring | null

linksCardLinkRef[]

Cards this card links to with [[Title|teak:<id>]], in the order they appear in content, at most 100. A link to a card in Trash, a deleted card or another account's card is missing, with a null title and type. Only on single-card responses: lists and the changes feed leave it out.

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Array of CardLinkRef

idstringrequired

missingbooleanrequired

True when the linked card is in Trash, deleted or not yours.

titlestring | nullrequired

typestring | nullrequired

linksTruncatedboolean

True when the card has more than 100 links.

backlinksCardLinkRef[]

Your cards that link to this card, most recently updated first, at most 100; cards in Trash and hidden cards are left out. Only on single-card responses.

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Array of CardLinkRef

idstringrequired

missingbooleanrequired

True when the linked card is in Trash, deleted or not yours.

titlestring | nullrequired

typestring | nullrequired

backlinksTruncatedboolean

True when more than 100 cards link to this card.

cardIdstringrequired

resavedboolean

Present and true when the link was already in Teak: no card was made, and the card that has it moved to the top of sort=newest (its savedAt is now). cardId and card are that card. Tags, notes and content sent with the save were not applied; PATCH /v1/cards/{cardId} to add them.

Allowed:true

statusstringrequired

Always created, also for a re-save: check resaved.

Allowed:created

wasArchivedboolean

Present and true when the re-saved card was archived; it is back in the library.

Allowed:true

Try it

Server

Base URLCustom base URLOverrides the selected server when set.

Authorization

Bearer token (OAuth access token or teakapi_ API key)Remember on this deviceInclude my values in samples

Bodyapplication/json

Request body

Request

curl -X POST 'https://teakvault.com/api/v1/cards' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "cardType": "text",
  "content": "  # Draft\r\n\r\n- [ ] Keep spacing  \n",
  "fileEtag": "\"d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e\"",
  "fileKey": "string",
  "fileName": "string",
  "fileSize": 0,
  "mimeType": "string",
  "notes": "string",
  "pageSnapshotKey": "string",
  "source": "string",
  "sourceTitle": "string",
  "sourceUrl": "https://example.com/essay",
  "tags": [
    "string"
  ],
  "url": "string"
}'

const response = await fetch("https://teakvault.com/api/v1/cards", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: "{\n  \"cardType\": \"text\",\n  \"content\": \"  # Draft\\r\\n\\r\\n- [ ] Keep spacing  \\n\",\n  \"fileEtag\": \"\\\"d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e\\\"\",\n  \"fileKey\": \"string\",\n  \"fileName\": \"string\",\n  \"fileSize\": 0,\n  \"mimeType\": \"string\",\n  \"notes\": \"string\",\n  \"pageSnapshotKey\": \"string\",\n  \"source\": \"string\",\n  \"sourceTitle\": \"string\",\n  \"sourceUrl\": \"https://example.com/essay\",\n  \"tags\": [\n    \"string\"\n  ],\n  \"url\": \"string\"\n}"
});

const response: Response = await fetch("https://teakvault.com/api/v1/cards", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: "{\n  \"cardType\": \"text\",\n  \"content\": \"  # Draft\\r\\n\\r\\n- [ ] Keep spacing  \\n\",\n  \"fileEtag\": \"\\\"d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e\\\"\",\n  \"fileKey\": \"string\",\n  \"fileName\": \"string\",\n  \"fileSize\": 0,\n  \"mimeType\": \"string\",\n  \"notes\": \"string\",\n  \"pageSnapshotKey\": \"string\",\n  \"source\": \"string\",\n  \"sourceTitle\": \"string\",\n  \"sourceUrl\": \"https://example.com/essay\",\n  \"tags\": [\n    \"string\"\n  ],\n  \"url\": \"string\"\n}"
});

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://teakvault.com/api/v1/cards",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
        "Accept": "application/json",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    data="{\n  \"cardType\": \"text\",\n  \"content\": \"  # Draft\\r\\n\\r\\n- [ ] Keep spacing  \\n\",\n  \"fileEtag\": \"\\\"d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e\\\"\",\n  \"fileKey\": \"string\",\n  \"fileName\": \"string\",\n  \"fileSize\": 0,\n  \"mimeType\": \"string\",\n  \"notes\": \"string\",\n  \"pageSnapshotKey\": \"string\",\n  \"source\": \"string\",\n  \"sourceTitle\": \"string\",\n  \"sourceUrl\": \"https://example.com/essay\",\n  \"tags\": [\n    \"string\"\n  ],\n  \"url\": \"string\"\n}",
)

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	body := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"cardType\": \"text\",\n  \"content\": \"  # Draft\\r\\n\\r\\n- [ ] Keep spacing  \\n\",\n  \"fileEtag\": \"\\\"d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e\\\"\",\n  \"fileKey\": \"string\",\n  \"fileName\": \"string\",\n  \"fileSize\": 0,\n  \"mimeType\": \"string\",\n  \"notes\": \"string\",\n  \"pageSnapshotKey\": \"string\",\n  \"source\": \"string\",\n  \"sourceTitle\": \"string\",\n  \"sourceUrl\": \"https://example.com/essay\",\n  \"tags\": [\n    \"string\"\n  ],\n  \"url\": \"string\"\n}")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://teakvault.com/api/v1/cards", body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN")
	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()

	data, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(data))
}

require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://teakvault.com/api/v1/cards")
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
request["Accept"] = "application/json"
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request.body = "{\n  \"cardType\": \"text\",\n  \"content\": \"  \# Draft\\r\\n\\r\\n- [ ] Keep spacing  \\n\",\n  \"fileEtag\": \"\\\"d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e\\\"\",\n  \"fileKey\": \"string\",\n  \"fileName\": \"string\",\n  \"fileSize\": 0,\n  \"mimeType\": \"string\",\n  \"notes\": \"string\",\n  \"pageSnapshotKey\": \"string\",\n  \"source\": \"string\",\n  \"sourceTitle\": \"string\",\n  \"sourceUrl\": \"https://example.com/essay\",\n  \"tags\": [\n    \"string\"\n  ],\n  \"url\": \"string\"\n}"

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") do |http|
  http.request(request)
end

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://teakvault.com/api/v1/cards',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN',
    'Accept: application/json',
    'Content-Type: application/json',
  ],
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{
  "cardType": "text",
  "content": "  # Draft\\r\\n\\r\\n- [ ] Keep spacing  \\n",
  "fileEtag": "\\"d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e\\"",
  "fileKey": "string",
  "fileName": "string",
  "fileSize": 0,
  "mimeType": "string",
  "notes": "string",
  "pageSnapshotKey": "string",
  "source": "string",
  "sourceTitle": "string",
  "sourceUrl": "https://example.com/essay",
  "tags": [
    "string"
  ],
  "url": "string"
}',
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);

Response

{
  "appUrl": "http://example.com",
  "card": {
    "aiSummary": "string",
    "aiTags": [
      "string"
    ],
    "aiTranscript": "string",
    "appUrl": "http://example.com",
    "archive": {
      "bytes": 0,
      "capturedAt": 0,
      "kind": "full"
    },
    "article": {
      "readingMinutes": 0,
      "wordCount": 0
    },
    "compactUrl": "string",
    "content": "string",
    "highlightCount": 0,
    "isDeleted": true,
    "metadataStatus": "string",
    "processingStatus": {},
    "linkPreviewDescription": "string",
    "linkFacts": [
      {
        "label": "string",
        "value": "string"
      }
    ],
    "linkPreviewTitle": "string",
    "linkCategory": "string",
    "linkPrice": {
      "amount": 0,
      "currency": "string"
    },
    "linkFaviconUrl": "string",
    "fileWidth": 0,
    "fileHeight": 0,
    "audioWaveform": {
      "detail": [
        0
      ],
      "grid": [
        0
      ]
    },
    "videoScrub": {
      "frameHeight": 0,
      "frameWidth": 0,
      "frames": 0,
      "url": "string"
    },
    "colors": [
      {
        "hex": "string",
        "name": "string"
      }
    ],
    "createdAt": 0,
    "detailUrl": "string",
    "fileExtension": "string",
    "fileKind": "string",
    "fileLanguage": "string",
    "fileName": "string",
    "filePreview": {},
    "fileSize": 0,
    "fileUrl": "string",
    "id": "string",
    "archivedAt": 0,
    "completedAt": 0,
    "folderIds": [
      "string"
    ],
    "isArchived": true,
    "isFavorited": true,
    "isPinned": true,
    "isHidden": true,
    "linkPreviewImageUrl": "string",
    "linkPreviewMedia": [
      {
        "type": "image",
        "url": "string",
        "contentType": "string",
        "width": 0,
        "height": 0,
        "posterUrl": "string",
        "posterContentType": "string",
        "posterWidth": 0,
        "posterHeight": 0
      }
    ],
    "linkSiteName": "string",
    "linkAuthor": "string",
    "linkPublisher": "string",
    "linkPublishedAt": "string",
    "metadataDescription": "string",
    "metadataTitle": "string",
    "mimeType": "string",
    "notes": "string",
    "placeholderUrl": "string",
    "savedAt": 0,
    "screenshotUrl": "string",
    "sourceTitle": "string",
    "sourceUrl": "string",
    "tags": [
      "string"
    ],
    "thumbnailOverridden": true,
    "thumbnailUrl": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "updatedAt": 0,
    "url": "string",
    "links": [
      {
        "id": "string",
        "missing": true,
        "title": "string",
        "type": "string"
      }
    ],
    "linksTruncated": true,
    "backlinks": [
      {
        "id": "string",
        "missing": true,
        "title": "string",
        "type": "string"
      }
    ],
    "backlinksTruncated": true
  },
  "cardId": "string",
  "resaved": true,
  "status": "created",
  "wasArchived": true
}