> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: /docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create a location > Creates a location. For bulk imports only; Connect creates locations for you. ## OpenAPI ````yaml energy-api/reference/flatpeak-api-spec-energy-tariffs.json POST /locations openapi: 3.0.3 info: description: >- The tariff functions of the Flatpeak Energy API: tariff connection, prices, forecasts and costs. Generated from the full Energy API spec by scripts/build-tariff-spec.py. Do not edit. version: 2027-01-01.busbar title: 'Flatpeak Energy API: Tariffs' termsOfService: https://flatpeak.com/legal contact: name: Technical Support email: support@flatpeak.com url: https://flatpeak.com/contact license: name: Apache 2.0 url: https://flatpeak.com/legal servers: - url: https://energy-api.flatpeak.com security: - bearerAuth: [] tags: - name: Authentication description: >- Exchange your account credentials for a bearer token to authenticate API requests. - name: Connect description: >- Create and retrieve Connect sessions. Connect drives the user journeys for tariff connection and [tariff error reporting](/energy-api/reference/connect/tariff/error-report). What happens in those journeys reaches your backend as [Connect webhooks](/energy-api/guides/platform/events). - name: Users description: Create, retrieve, update, delete, and list users. - name: Locations description: Create, retrieve, update, delete, and list locations. - name: Devices description: >- Create, retrieve, update, delete and list devices; submit and retrieve their state; read and write their shared settings. - name: Meters description: Submit meter records and check batch status. - name: Tariffs description: Create, retrieve, delete, and list tariffs. - name: Prices description: Retrieve and audit calculated energy prices. - name: Costs description: Calculate the monetary cost of imported or exported energy. - name: Optimizations description: >- Rank the connected tariff to find the best times to consume or export energy, as inputs to your own scheduling. - name: Events description: Retrieve and list account events. externalDocs: description: Documentation url: https://docs.flatpeak.com paths: /locations: parameters: [] post: tags: - Locations summary: Create a location description: >- Creates a location. For bulk imports only; Connect creates locations for you. operationId: create-location parameters: [] requestBody: $ref: '#/components/requestBodies/LocationCreate' responses: '201': $ref: '#/components/responses/Location' '400': $ref: '#/components/responses/400' '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/401' '403': $ref: '#/components/responses/403' '404': $ref: '#/components/responses/404' '409': $ref: '#/components/responses/409' '422': $ref: '#/components/responses/422' '429': $ref: '#/components/responses/429' '500': $ref: '#/components/responses/500' '503': $ref: '#/components/responses/503' components: requestBodies: LocationCreate: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/LocationCreate' required: true responses: '400': description: >- 400 Bad Request: the request was malformed or a required field is missing or invalid. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '401': description: '401 Unauthorized: authentication credentials are missing or invalid.' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '403': description: '403 Forbidden: you do not have permission to access this resource.' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '404': description: '404 Not Found: the requested resource does not exist.' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '409': description: >- 409 Conflict: the resource conflicts with existing data, for example a duplicate reference. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '422': description: >- 422 Unprocessable Entity: the request is well-formed but cannot be processed, for example missing required data. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '429': description: '429 Too Many Requests: the rate limit has been exceeded.' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '500': description: >- 500 Internal Server Error: an unexpected error occurred. Safe to retry with backoff. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' '503': description: >- 503 Service Unavailable: the service is temporarily down for maintenance. Retry after the indicated delay. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' Location: description: Location response. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Location' schemas: LocationCreate: type: object title: LocationEditNew description: A supply address. additionalProperties: false properties: reference_id: type: string description: Your own reference, for example an ID from your system. example: LOC1234567890 user_id: type: string description: >- Flatpeak ID of the user this location belongs to. Every location is owned by a user. example: usr_65e421d1daa4a24082b4f590 pattern: ^[a-z]{2,4}_[A-Za-z0-9]+$ postal_address: description: Postal address of the location. allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PostalAddressCreate' required: - user_id Location: type: object title: Location description: A supply address. properties: id: type: string description: Flatpeak Location ID. example: loc_641b90b758fb8e6293716e40 pattern: ^[a-z]{2,4}_[A-Za-z0-9]+$ object: type: string description: Object type. example: location enum: - location default: location live_mode: type: boolean description: '`true` for live data, `false` for test data.' reference_id: type: string description: Your own reference, for example an ID from your system. example: LOC1234567890 user_id: type: string description: >- Flatpeak ID of the user this location belongs to. Every location is owned by a user. example: usr_65e421d1daa4a24082b4f590 pattern: ^[a-z]{2,4}_[A-Za-z0-9]+$ timezone: type: string description: Timezone at the location, tz database name such as `Europe/Berlin`. example: Europe/London currency_code: type: string description: Currency at the location in ISO 4217. example: EUR pattern: ^[A-Z]{3}$ postal_address_verified: type: boolean description: >- `true` when Flatpeak has verified the address and resolved its `timezone`, `currency_code` and `geo_location`. postal_address: description: Postal address of the location. allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PostalAddress' geo_location: description: Geographic coordinates of the location. allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/GeoLocation' device_ids: type: array description: Flatpeak IDs of the devices at this location. items: type: string example: dev_63a6087272941ef077a8fd3e time_created: type: string description: Time when the object was created, in UTC. format: date-time account_id: type: string example: acc_661677911f2197045e6cf1b1 description: Flatpeak Account ID. pattern: ^[a-z]{2,4}_[A-Za-z0-9]+$ required: - id - object - live_mode - user_id Error: type: object description: Standard error envelope returned by every non-2xx response. required: - object - type - code - message properties: object: type: string enum: - error default: error description: Object type. type: type: string description: High-level error category. example: invalid_request code: type: string description: Machine-readable error code, safe to branch on. example: not_found message: type: string description: Human-readable description of the error. example: The requested resource could not be found. context: type: string description: Optional originating context, for example `api.price_get`. example: api.price_get live_mode: type: boolean description: Whether the error occurred against live or test data. time_created: type: string format: date-time description: Time the error was generated (RFC 3339). example: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z' PostalAddressCreate: title: PostalAddressCreate type: object description: Information on the postal address. additionalProperties: false properties: address_line1: type: string description: Address line 1 (for example street, PO Box, or company name). example: 1-3 address_line2: type: string description: Address line 2 (for example apartment, suite, unit, or building). example: Strand city: type: string description: City, district, suburb, town, or village. example: London state: type: string example: NSW description: >- State, county, province or region. For Australia, Canada and the US, use ISO 3166-2 codes. post_code: type: string description: ZIP or postal code. example: WC2N 5EH country_code: type: string description: >- Two-letter country code in [ISO 3166-1 alpha-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2). example: GB pattern: ^[A-Z]{2}$ PostalAddress: title: PostalAddress type: object description: Information on the postal address. properties: address_line1: type: string description: Address line 1 (for example street, PO Box, or company name). example: 1-3 address_line2: type: string description: Address line 2 (for example apartment, suite, unit, or building). example: Strand city: type: string description: City, district, suburb, town, or village. example: London state: type: string example: NSW description: >- State, county, province or region. For Australia, Canada and the US, use ISO 3166-2 codes. nullable: true post_code: type: string description: ZIP or postal code. example: WC2N 5EH country_code: type: string description: >- Two-letter country code in [ISO 3166-1 alpha-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2). example: GB pattern: ^[A-Z]{2}$ GeoLocation: title: GeoLocation type: object description: >- Latitude and longitude of the location, resolved by Flatpeak from the `postal_address`. Used to determine market price and carbon regions. properties: lat: type: number example: 50.12345 description: Latitude in decimal degrees. lng: type: number example: -1.23456 description: Longitude in decimal degrees. securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: Bearer token obtained from POST /auth/tokens. ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.