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Create Label

POST

/

inboxes

/

:inbox_id

/

labels

Node.js
import { Resend } from 'resend';

const resend = new Resend('re_xxxxxxxxx');

const { data, error } = await resend.inboxes.labels.create({
  inboxId: 'b3e2b2b6-3f0e-4c8e-9ad3-2f43a1e2c7f1',
  name: 'Urgent',
  color: 'crimson',
});
cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.resend.com/inboxes/b3e2b2b6-3f0e-4c8e-9ad3-2f43a1e2c7f1/labels' \
     -H 'Authorization: Bearer re_xxxxxxxxx' \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d $'{
  "name": "Urgent",
  "color": "crimson"
}'
CLI
resend inboxes labels create \
  --inbox_id b3e2b2b6-3f0e-4c8e-9ad3-2f43a1e2c7f1 \
  --name Urgent \
  --color crimson
Response
{
  "object": "inbox_label",
  "id": "7f9c1d2e-4a6b-4c3d-8e15-9b0a7c6d5e34",
  "name": "Urgent",
  "color": "crimson",
  "created_at": "2026-08-05T14:07:42.881Z"
}

A label is a named, colored tag that belongs to one inbox.

string

required

The name of the label.

string

The color of the label: cyan, teal, grass, lime, yellow, orange, iris, plum, crimson, bronze, or mauve.

string

Always inbox_label.

string

The ID of the label.

string

The name of the label.

string

The color of the label.

string

ISO 8601 timestamp when the label was created.

Node.js
import { Resend } from 'resend';

const resend = new Resend('re_xxxxxxxxx');

const { data, error } = await resend.inboxes.labels.create({
  inboxId: 'b3e2b2b6-3f0e-4c8e-9ad3-2f43a1e2c7f1',
  name: 'Urgent',
  color: 'crimson',
});
cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.resend.com/inboxes/b3e2b2b6-3f0e-4c8e-9ad3-2f43a1e2c7f1/labels' \
     -H 'Authorization: Bearer re_xxxxxxxxx' \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d $'{
  "name": "Urgent",
  "color": "crimson"
}'
CLI
resend inboxes labels create \
  --inbox_id b3e2b2b6-3f0e-4c8e-9ad3-2f43a1e2c7f1 \
  --name Urgent \
  --color crimson
JSON
{
  "object": "inbox_label",
  "id": "7f9c1d2e-4a6b-4c3d-8e15-9b0a7c6d5e34",
  "name": "Urgent",
  "color": "crimson",
  "created_at": "2026-08-05T14:07:42.881Z"
}

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