> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create people list

> Creates a new people list shared with the API and returns its ID.

<Note> Free. This call does not consume credits. </Note>

## What you need

A unique list name; optionally the person IDs to seed it.

## Behaviour

- Pass `name` (required); it must be unique.
- Optionally seed the list with `people_ids`.
- Set `is_public` to share the list with your team.
- Add people later via [Update people list](/api-reference/people-lists/update-people-list).
- The list owner is the first team admin on the account.

## What you do next

- **Add or remove people.** Update membership with [Update people list](/api-reference/people-lists/update-people-list).
- **Pull the list.** Get its people with [Get people list results](/api-reference/people-lists/get-people-list-results).




## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-ref/bundle_api.yaml post /lists/people
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Specter API
  termsOfService: https://tryspecter.com/terms/
  contact:
    name: API support
    email: api-support@tryspecter.com
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - description: Production
    url: https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Enrich
    description: >
      Look up a company, person, or investor and, if Specter does not already
      hold it, fetch it on demand. Includes email-based person enrichment.
  - name: Search
    description: |
      Find records across every product from a single plain-English query.
  - name: Companies
    description: >
      Company profiles, funding, headcount, traction, the per-company signals
      and sub-resources attached to a single company, and identifier resolution.
  - name: People
    description: >
      Specter people records: profile data, contact details, and per-person
      lookups for a known person ID.
  - name: Investors
    description: >
      Specter investor records: profile, activity, targeting, funds, portfolio
      companies, and the funding rounds they have participated in.
  - name: Transactions
    description: |
      Transaction detail by ID: funding rounds, acquisitions, and IPOs.
  - name: News Signals
    description: |
      Company-level news signals: by ID, and for a saved list or company search.
  - name: Revenue Signals
    description: >
      Revenue and profitability signals: by ID, by date, and for a saved list or
      company search.
  - name: Talent Signals
    description: |
      Talent signals: by ID and in bulk by ID.
  - name: Investor Interest Signals
    description: |
      Investor interest signals: by ID and in bulk by ID.
  - name: Company Lists
    description: |
      Create, query, and maintain lists of companies, including their results.
  - name: Investor Lists
    description: |
      Create, query, and maintain lists of investors, including their results.
  - name: People Lists
    description: |
      Create, query, and maintain lists of people, including their results.
  - name: Saved Searches
    description: |
      List and delete searches saved via tryspecter.com.
  - name: Company Saved Searches
    description: |
      Details and results for saved company searches.
  - name: People Saved Searches
    description: |
      Details and results for saved people searches.
  - name: Investor Saved Searches
    description: |
      Details and results for saved investor searches.
  - name: Talent Signals Saved Searches
    description: |
      Details and results for saved Talent Signals searches.
  - name: Investor Interest Saved Searches
    description: |
      Details and results for saved Investor Interest Signals searches.
  - name: Network
    description: >
      Your team's LinkedIn network: the people and companies your teammates are
      connected to, and your reach into a given company.
  - name: Account
    description: >
      Organisation-level resources: your team's members, API call logs, and
      credit balance.
paths:
  /lists/people:
    post:
      tags:
        - People Lists
      summary: Create people list
      description: >
        Creates a new people list shared with the API and returns its ID.


        <Note> Free. This call does not consume credits. </Note>


        ## What you need


        A unique list name; optionally the person IDs to seed it.


        ## Behaviour


        - Pass `name` (required); it must be unique.

        - Optionally seed the list with `people_ids`.

        - Set `is_public` to share the list with your team.

        - Add people later via [Update people
        list](/api-reference/people-lists/update-people-list).

        - The list owner is the first team admin on the account.


        ## What you do next


        - **Add or remove people.** Update membership with [Update people
        list](/api-reference/people-lists/update-people-list).

        - **Pull the list.** Get its people with [Get people list
        results](/api-reference/people-lists/get-people-list-results).
      operationId: createPeopleList
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  type: string
                  description: Name of the list to create
                  example: My list
                people_ids:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                    description: ID of people being added
                    example: per_9bc79341808a72461d634256
                is_public:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Whether the list is shared with other users in the team
                  example: true
              required:
                - name
            example:
              name: My Watchlist
              people_ids:
                - per_34f8a8ad1f7497b83e821345
                - per_fd73fc69269b7f4d73b79def
                - per_742509725dfaa1b6b0b99acd
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The ID of the list that was created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: ID of the list
                example: a1d2434c-e089-480a-8a27-9909d2f558b4
                format: uuid
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NoAdmin'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimits'
components:
  responses:
    NoAdmin:
      description: Operation can't be done with no team admin
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              errorCode:
                type: string
                description: The type of error.
              message:
                type: string
          examples:
            no-team-admin:
              summary: No admin for the team
              value:
                errorCode: NO_TEAM_ADMIN
                message: >
                  Cannot process request without a team admin, please request a
                  team admin is added to your account.
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            oneOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiKeyMissing'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiKeyNotValid'
    Forbidden:
      description: Forbidden - There is no permissions to use the endpoint
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              errorCode:
                description: NOT_PERMITTED
                type: string
                example: NOT_PERMITTED
              message:
                type: string
                description: You do not have permission to access this resource.
                example: You do not have permission to access this resource.
            required:
              - errorCode
              - message
    RateLimits:
      description: Too Many Requests - API Rate limit exceeded
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            required:
              - errorCode
              - message
            properties:
              errorCode:
                type: string
                description: RATE_LIMITED
              message:
                type: string
                description: You have been rate-limited
      headers:
        X-RateLimit-Limit:
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: The total rate limit allowed for this endpoint
        X-RateLimit-Remaining:
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: The number of requests remaining
        X-RateLimit-Reset:
          schema:
            type: number
            format: float
          description: The number of seconds until the rate limit resets
  schemas:
    ApiKeyMissing:
      properties:
        errorCode:
          description: API_KEY_MISSING
          example: API_KEY_MISSING
          type: string
        message:
          description: No API Key was presented on the header X-API-KEY
          example: No API Key was presented on the header X-API-KEY
          type: string
    ApiKeyNotValid:
      properties:
        errorCode:
          description: API_KEY_NOT_VALID
          example: API_KEY_NOT_VALID
          type: string
        message:
          description: API key present, but not valid
          example: API key present, but not valid
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key

````