post: tags: - topics summary: create a new topic description: This operation creates a new topic with a post. Topic creation without a post is not allowed via the Write API as it is an internal-only method. requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: cid: type: number example: 1 title: type: string example: Test topic content: type: string example: This is the test topic's content timestamp: type: number description: | A UNIX timestamp of the topic's creation date (i.e. when it will be posted). Specifically, this value can only be set to a value in the future if the calling user has the `topics:schedule` privilege for the passed-in category. Otherwise, the current date and time are always assumed. In some scenarios (e.g. forum migrations), you may want to backdate topics and posts. Please see [this Developer FAQ topic](https://community.nodebb.org/topic/16983/how-can-i-backdate-topics-and-posts-for-migration-purposes) for more information. example: 556084800000 tags: type: array items: type: string example: [test, topic] required: - cid - title - content responses: '200': description: topic successfully created content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: status: $ref: ../components/schemas/Status.yaml#/Status response: allOf: - $ref: ../components/schemas/TopicObject.yaml#/TopicObject - type: object properties: mainPost: {}