---
title: "Service: /members/{member}/groups/{group}/externaluris [POST] (obsolete)"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/reference/version_5/services/create-externaluri-deprecated-POST.html
description: "Create an external URI"
last_updated: 2026-09-08T13:57:12+10:00
tokens: ~391
---

# /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\}/externaluris \[POST\]

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Path: | /members/{member}/groups/{group}/externaluris |
| Method: | POST |
| Generator: | obsolete |
| Version: |  |
| Since: |  |
| Deprecated: | 5.9900 |
| Obsolete: | 6.0000 |
| Cache control: | N/A |
| API Support: | OBSOLETE |
| Generated: | 2022-07-01 |

## Description

> **Deprecated:** This service is deprecated as of PageSeeder v5.9900 use [Service: /members/\{member\}/externaluris \[POST\]](/api/services/create-externaluri_post.md) instead.

Create an external URI.

Some parameters can only be used if the group on the request is the URI owner (i.e. the group has a groupfolder which covers the url specified).

The parameter folder=inherit means it uses the value set by the URI owner.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default value |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| description | the description | no | string |  |
| labels | the labels (comma-separated list) | no | string |  |
| mediatype | the mediatype - URI owner only | no | string |  |
| notify |  |  |  |  |
| notify-async |  |  |  |  |
| size | the size - URI owner only (positive long) | no | string |  |
| title | the title | no | string |  |
| url | the URL | yes | string |  |

## Permission

## Response

The output has the following format:

```xml

 <uri-creation>
    <uri id="[id]" path="[path]" ...>
      <displaytitle>[title]</displaytitle>
      ...
    </uri>
 </uri-creation>
```

## Error Handling

No specific errors expected for this generator.