Create an article draft

Creates an open draft for an article. Edits stay staged in the draft until it is published.

POST /v1/articles/{id}/drafts

Bearer token scope content:write

curl 'https://api.ferndesk.com/v1/articles/art_01JXY9AZK4KV/drafts' \
  --request POST \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "title": "Getting started with API keys",
  "content": {
    "type": "doc",
    "content": [
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "content": [
          {
            "type": "text",
            "text": "Welcome to Ferndesk."
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "markdown": "# Getting started\n\nWelcome to the API.",
  "language": "fr"
}'

{
  "id": "drft_01JXY9AZK4KV",
  "language": "en",
  "status": "open",
  "baseVersion": 3,
  "source": "api",
  "stale": false,
  "updatedAt": "2026-01-15T18:25:43.511Z"
}

Created draft

Path parameters

· 1

id string required

Identifier of the requested resource.

Body

required application/json

title string · min length: 1

Title to stage.

content any

Body as a Tiptap document; not accepted alongside markdown.

markdown string

Body as Markdown; not accepted alongside content.

language string · min length: 2· max length: 16

Locale to draft a translation for; omit for the default language.

Path parameters

Body

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