curl --request POST \
  --url https://app.crewai.com/api/v1/connections \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "application_id": "4f6d0d9a-7b78-4c6a-b64f-2e2e3d2c8f9a",
  "name": "Work Gmail",
  "description": "The support inbox.",
  "tags": [
    "support"
  ],
  "type": "private"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://app.crewai.com/api/v1/connections"

payload = {
    "application_id": "4f6d0d9a-7b78-4c6a-b64f-2e2e3d2c8f9a",
    "name": "Work Gmail",
    "description": "The support inbox.",
    "tags": ["support"],
    "type": "private"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    application_id: '4f6d0d9a-7b78-4c6a-b64f-2e2e3d2c8f9a',
    name: 'Work Gmail',
    description: 'The support inbox.',
    tags: ['support'],
    type: 'private'
  })
};

fetch('https://app.crewai.com/api/v1/connections', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://app.crewai.com/api/v1/connections",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'application_id' => '4f6d0d9a-7b78-4c6a-b64f-2e2e3d2c8f9a',
    'name' => 'Work Gmail',
    'description' => 'The support inbox.',
    'tags' => [
        'support'
    ],
    'type' => 'private'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://app.crewai.com/api/v1/connections"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"application_id\": \"4f6d0d9a-7b78-4c6a-b64f-2e2e3d2c8f9a\",\n  \"name\": \"Work Gmail\",\n  \"description\": \"The support inbox.\",\n  \"tags\": [\n    \"support\"\n  ],\n  \"type\": \"private\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://app.crewai.com/api/v1/connections")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"application_id\": \"4f6d0d9a-7b78-4c6a-b64f-2e2e3d2c8f9a\",\n  \"name\": \"Work Gmail\",\n  \"description\": \"The support inbox.\",\n  \"tags\": [\n    \"support\"\n  ],\n  \"type\": \"private\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.crewai.com/api/v1/connections")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"application_id\": \"4f6d0d9a-7b78-4c6a-b64f-2e2e3d2c8f9a\",\n  \"name\": \"Work Gmail\",\n  \"description\": \"The support inbox.\",\n  \"tags\": [\n    \"support\"\n  ],\n  \"type\": \"private\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "data": {
    "id": "4f6d0d9a-7b78-4c6a-b64f-2e2e3d2c8f9a",
    "name": "Work Gmail",
    "description": "The support inbox.",
    "type": "private",
    "tags": [
      "support"
    ],
    "status": "missing_auth",
    "application": {
      "slug": "gmail",
      "name": "Gmail",
      "description": "Send, read and organize email.",
      "icon_url": "https://app.crewai.com/assets/clipper/gmail-1a2b3c.svg"
    },
    "created_at": "2026-07-07T00:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-07-07T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "type": "https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/unauthorized",
      "code": "unauthorized",
      "title": "Unauthorized",
      "status": 401,
      "detail": "Missing or invalid bearer token."
    }
  ]
}

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "type": "https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/forbidden",
      "code": "forbidden",
      "title": "Forbidden",
      "status": 403,
      "detail": "You don't have permission to create connections."
    }
  ]
}

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "type": "https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/not_found",
      "code": "not_found",
      "title": "Not found",
      "status": 404,
      "detail": "The requested resource could not be found."
    }
  ]
}

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "type": "https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/validation_error",
      "code": "validation_error",
      "title": "Validation error",
      "status": 422,
      "detail": "Connection type is not included in the list"
    }
  ]
}