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# /2025-10/retail-media/accounts/{account-id}/creatives

> Create a creative for an account



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://api.criteo.com/2025-10/retailmedia/open-api-specifications.json post /2025-10/retail-media/accounts/{account-id}/creatives
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Criteo API
  description: Criteo API - RetailMedia
  version: 2025-10
servers:
  - url: https://api.criteo.com
security:
  - oauth: []
tags:
  - name: Accounts
  - name: Analytics
  - name: Audience
  - name: Balance
  - name: Billing
  - name: Campaign
  - name: Gateway
paths:
  /2025-10/retail-media/accounts/{account-id}/creatives:
    post:
      tags:
        - Campaign
      summary: /2025-10/retail-media/accounts/{account-id}/creatives
      description: Create a creative for an account
      operationId: CreateCreative
      parameters:
        - name: account-id
          in: path
          description: External account id to create a creative for
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        description: The creative to create
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreativeCreateModel202207'
        required: true
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Creatives created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Creative202210Response'
      security:
        - oauth:
            - RetailMedia_Campaign_Manage
components:
  schemas:
    CreativeCreateModel202207:
      required:
        - name
        - retailerId
        - templateId
        - templateVariableValues
      type: object
      properties:
        brandId:
          type: integer
          description: The brand associated to the creative
          format: int64
          nullable: true
        id:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the creative
        retailerId:
          type: integer
          description: The retailer associated to the creative
          format: int32
        templateId:
          type: integer
          description: The creative template used for this creative
          format: int32
        templateVariableValues:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TemplateVariableValue'
          description: The template chosen values
      additionalProperties: false
      description: Create model of a creative
    Creative202210Response:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceOfCreative202210'
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommonProblem'
          nullable: true
          readOnly: true
        warnings:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommonProblem'
          nullable: true
          readOnly: true
      additionalProperties: false
      description: >-
        A top-level object that encapsulates a Criteo API response for a single
        entity.
    TemplateVariableValue:
      required:
        - id
      type: object
      properties:
        choiceVariableValue:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ChoiceVariableValue'
        colorVariableValue:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ColorVariableValue'
        filesVariableValue:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/FilesVariableValue'
        hyperlinkVariableValue:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/HyperlinkVariableValue'
        id:
          type: string
          description: The id of the template variable the value is applied to
        textVariableValue:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TextVariableValue'
        videoVariableValue:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/VideoVariableValue'
      additionalProperties: false
      description: A value for a variable in a creative template.
    ResourceOfCreative202210:
      type: object
      properties:
        attributes:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Creative202210'
        id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier of this resource.
          nullable: true
        type:
          type: string
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: false
      description: A class that represents a domain entity exposed by an API.
      nullable: true
    CommonProblem:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: A machine-readable error code, expressed as a string value.
          nullable: true
        detail:
          type: string
          description: >-
            A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the
            problem
          nullable: true
        instance:
          type: string
          description: A URI that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem.
          nullable: true
        source:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
          description: >-
            A machine-readable structure to reference to the exact location(s)
            causing the error(s)
          nullable: true
        stackTrace:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        title:
          type: string
          description: A short human-readable description of the problem type
          nullable: true
        traceId:
          type: string
          description: The request correlation ID this problem comes from.
          nullable: true
        traceIdentifier:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The request correlation ID this problem comes from. (deprecated, use
            traceId instead)
          nullable: true
        type:
          enum:
            - unknown
            - access-control
            - authentication
            - authorization
            - availability
            - deprecation
            - quota
            - validation
          type: string
          description: The problem's category.
          nullable: true
      description: Common problem object.
    ChoiceVariableValue:
      required:
        - chosenOptions
      type: object
      properties:
        chosenOptions:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: The chosen options
      additionalProperties: false
      description: A value of a template choice variable (among different accepted options)
      nullable: true
    ColorVariableValue:
      required:
        - color
      type: object
      properties:
        color:
          pattern: ^#(([0-9a-fA-F]{2}){3}|([0-9a-fA-F]){3})$
          type: string
          description: The displayed color (HEX format)
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: false
      description: A value of a template color variable
      nullable: true
    FilesVariableValue:
      required:
        - assetIds
      type: object
      properties:
        assetIds:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: The assets representing the images to be displayed
      additionalProperties: false
      description: >-
        A value of a template file variable (one or several files), like images
        in a creative
      nullable: true
    HyperlinkVariableValue:
      required:
        - url
      type: object
      properties:
        url:
          type: string
          description: The url to redirect to
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: false
      description: A value of a template hyperlink variable
      nullable: true
    TextVariableValue:
      required:
        - text
      type: object
      properties:
        text:
          type: string
          description: The displayed text
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: false
      description: A value of a template text variable
      nullable: true
    VideoVariableValue:
      required:
        - duration
        - height
        - url
        - width
      type: object
      properties:
        duration:
          minLength: 1
          type: string
          description: The video's duration
        height:
          type: integer
          description: The video's height
          format: int32
        url:
          minLength: 1
          type: string
          description: The vast video url
        width:
          type: integer
          description: The video's width
          format: int32
      additionalProperties: false
      description: A value of a template video variable
      nullable: true
    Creative202210:
      required:
        - creativeFormatType
        - environments
        - formatId
        - name
        - retailerId
        - status
        - templateId
        - templateName
        - templateVariableValues
      type: object
      properties:
        associatedLineItemIds:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: Associated Line Item Ids
          nullable: true
        brandId:
          type: integer
          description: Brand Id
          format: int64
          nullable: true
        creativeFormatType:
          enum:
            - Unknown
            - FlagShip
            - Showcase
            - SponsoredProducts
            - Butterfly
            - BundleBoost
            - IAB
            - CUSTOM
            - DisplayPanel
            - DigitalShelfTalker
          type: string
          description: Creative format type
        environments:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PageTypeEnvironment202210'
          description: Environment type (e.g. mobile, web, app)
        formatId:
          type: integer
          description: Format Id
          format: int32
        id:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        name:
          type: string
          description: Name
        retailerId:
          type: integer
          description: Retailer Id
          format: int32
        status:
          enum:
            - Ready
            - In_Use
            - Archived
            - Deleted
          type: string
          description: Creative Status
        templateId:
          type: integer
          description: Template Id
          format: int32
        templateName:
          type: string
          description: Template Name
        templateVariableValues:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TemplateVariableValue'
          description: The template chosen values
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          description: Updated at time
          format: date-time
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: false
      description: A creative entity
      nullable: true
    PageTypeEnvironment202210:
      type: object
      properties:
        environments:
          type: array
          items:
            enum:
              - Web
              - Mobile
              - App
              - Lockout
              - Mixed
              - iOS
              - Android
            type: string
            description: Creative format, defining where the creative can be served
          description: List of environments per PageType
          nullable: true
        pageType:
          enum:
            - Search
            - Home
            - Browse
            - Checkout
            - Category
            - ProductDetail
            - Confirmation
            - Merchandising
            - Deals
          type: string
          description: Creative PageType
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: false
      description: The PageType-Environment Tuples for creatives
  securitySchemes:
    oauth:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://api.criteo.com/oauth2/token
          scopes: {}
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://api.criteo.com/oauth2
          tokenUrl: https://api.criteo.com/oauth2/token
          scopes: {}

````