Gallery Platform API
Reference

Create a drop

Schedules a release over one artwork or one list. Starts in the `scheduled` state; the activation sweep opens it at `opens_at`. `mode` sets how an oversubscribed work is allocated. Free entry is enforced structurally — there is no entry-fee field.

POST
/gallery/drops

Schedules a release over one artwork or one list. Starts in the scheduled state; the activation sweep opens it at opens_at. mode sets how an oversubscribed work is allocated. Free entry is enforced structurally — there is no entry-fee field.

Authorization

bearerAuth drops:create
AuthorizationBearer <token>

A gallery API key, sent as Authorization: Bearer gpk_… (or the x-api-key header).

In: header

Scope: drops:create

Header Parameters

Idempotency-Key?string

Optional. Send a unique key per logical operation to make retries safe: a retry with the same key replays the stored success for 14 days instead of re-running the write. Reusing a key with a different body returns 400.

Request Body

application/json

TypeScript Definitions

Use the request body type in TypeScript.

Create a drop (starts scheduled).

Response Body

application/json

application/problem+json

application/problem+json

application/problem+json

application/problem+json

application/problem+json

application/problem+json

{  "id": "string",  "mode": "immediate",  "state": "scheduled",  "artwork_id": "string",  "list_id": "string",  "early_access_at": "string",  "early_access_segment_id": "string",  "opens_at": "string",  "closes_at": "string",  "claim_ttl_minutes": -9007199254740991,  "weight_config": null,  "official_rules_url": "string",  "created_at": "string",  "updated_at": "string"}