> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://absentify.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create an allowance type > Creates an allowance type. It starts without a rule, so nothing accrues on it until you create one via POST /allowance-types/{allowance_type_id}/rules. How many types a workspace may have depends on its plan. ## OpenAPI ````yaml https://api.absentify.com/api/v1/openapi.json post /allowance-types openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: absentify CRUD API description: OpenAPI compliant REST API version: 1.0.0 servers: - url: https://api.absentify.com/api/v1 security: [] tags: - name: Departments - name: Leave types - name: Members - name: Requests - name: Public holidays - name: Workspace - name: Absences - name: Allowance Management externalDocs: url: https://absentify.com/docs/en/api-reference paths: /allowance-types: post: tags: - Allowance Management summary: Create an allowance type description: >- Creates an allowance type. It starts without a rule, so nothing accrues on it until you create one via POST /allowance-types/{allowance_type_id}/rules. How many types a workspace may have depends on its plan. operationId: allowanceType-createAllowanceType parameters: [] requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: name: type: string minLength: 1 maxLength: 255 allowance_unit: type: string enum: - days - hours description: >- Whether this type is counted in days or in minutes. Cannot be changed afterwards. ignore_allowance_limit: default: false description: >- When true, members may book more than their balance and go negative. type: boolean translations: description: >- Optional per-language names, shown to members using that language. type: array items: type: object properties: language: type: string description: Language code the name below is written in, e.g. `de`. name: type: string required: - language - name required: - name - allowance_unit responses: '200': description: Successful response content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: id: type: string name: type: string description: >- Translated into the API key owner's language when a translation exists, otherwise the stored name. default_name: type: string description: The stored name, without any translation applied. allowance_unit: type: string enum: - days - hours description: Whether this type is counted in days or in minutes. ignore_allowance_limit: type: boolean description: >- When true, members may book more than their balance and go negative. default_rule_id: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' description: >- The rule a new member of this workspace is put on. A department default rule takes precedence over it. workspace_id: type: string createdAt: type: string updatedAt: type: string translations: type: array items: type: object properties: language: type: string description: >- Language code the name below is written in, e.g. `de`. name: type: string required: - language - name additionalProperties: false leave_types: type: array items: type: object properties: id: type: string name: type: string color: type: string icon: type: string deleted: type: boolean required: - id - name - color - icon - deleted additionalProperties: false description: The leave types that draw from this allowance type. required: - id - name - default_name - allowance_unit - ignore_allowance_limit - default_rule_id - workspace_id - createdAt - updatedAt - translations - leave_types additionalProperties: false '400': description: Invalid input data content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/error.BAD_REQUEST' '401': description: Authorization not provided content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/error.UNAUTHORIZED' '403': description: Insufficient access content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/error.FORBIDDEN' '500': description: Internal server error content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/error.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR' security: - ApiKey: [] components: schemas: error.BAD_REQUEST: type: object properties: message: type: string description: The error message example: Invalid input data code: type: string description: The error code example: BAD_REQUEST issues: description: An array of issues that were responsible for the error example: [] type: array items: type: object properties: message: type: string required: - message additionalProperties: false required: - message - code additionalProperties: false title: Invalid input data error (400) description: The error information example: code: BAD_REQUEST message: Invalid input data issues: [] error.UNAUTHORIZED: type: object properties: message: type: string description: The error message example: Authorization not provided code: type: string description: The error code example: UNAUTHORIZED issues: description: An array of issues that were responsible for the error example: [] type: array items: type: object properties: message: type: string required: - message additionalProperties: false required: - message - code additionalProperties: false title: Authorization not provided error (401) description: The error information example: code: UNAUTHORIZED message: Authorization not provided issues: [] error.FORBIDDEN: type: object properties: message: type: string description: The error message example: Insufficient access code: type: string description: The error code example: FORBIDDEN issues: description: An array of issues that were responsible for the error example: [] type: array items: type: object properties: message: type: string required: - message additionalProperties: false required: - message - code additionalProperties: false title: Insufficient access error (403) description: The error information example: code: FORBIDDEN message: Insufficient access issues: [] error.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR: type: object properties: message: type: string description: The error message example: Internal server error code: type: string description: The error code example: INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR issues: description: An array of issues that were responsible for the error example: [] type: array items: type: object properties: message: type: string required: - message additionalProperties: false required: - message - code additionalProperties: false title: Internal server error error (500) description: The error information example: code: INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR message: Internal server error issues: [] securitySchemes: ApiKey: type: apiKey name: X-API-KEY in: header ````