Create a new change request in a space

Creates a new change request, which is a draft working copy of the space's content — similar to a Git branch or pull request. Use this before making content edits to avoid modifying the live published content directly. Optionally supply a subject and a template to pre-populate the change request with content. Once created, use the change-request content endpoints to read and modify pages within the draft, then merge it when ready.

Available in MCP

post

Authorizations

AuthorizationstringRequired

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>.

Path parameters

spaceIdstringRequired

A unique entity identifier

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$

Body

subjectstringOptional

Subject of the change request

Other propertiesanyOptional

Responses

201

Change Request Created

application/json

post/spaces/{spaceId}/change-requests

POST /v1/spaces/{spaceId}/change-requests HTTP/1.1
Host: api.gitbook.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 178

{
  "subject": "text",
  "template": {
    "id": "text",
    "params": {
      "contentRefs": {
        "ANY_ADDITIONAL_PROPERTY": {
          "kind": "file",
          "file": "text",
          "space": "text"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "ANY_ADDITIONAL_PROPERTY": "anything"
}

201

Change Request Created

{
  "object": "change-request",
  "id": "text",
  "number": 1,
  "status": "draft",
  "subject": "text",
  "description": {
    "object": "document",
    "data": {},
    "nodes": [
      {
        "object": "block",
        "type": "paragraph",
        "data": {},
        "nodes": [
          {
            "object": "text",
            "leaves": [
              {
                "object": "leaf",
                "text": "Hello world",
                "marks": []
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "createdBy": {
    "object": "user",
    "id": "text",
    "displayName": "text",
    "email": "text",
    "photoURL": "text",
    "urls": {
      "location": "https://example.com"
    }
  },
  "createdAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "mergedBy": {
    "object": "user",
    "id": "text",
    "displayName": "text",
    "email": "text",
    "photoURL": "text",
    "urls": {
      "location": "https://example.com"
    }
  },
  "mergedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "space": "text",
  "revision": "text",
  "revisionInitial": "text",
  "revisionMergedAncestor": "text",
  "revisionMerged": "text",
  "comments": 1,
  "siteTopic": {
    "site": "text",
    "topic": "text",
    "finding": "text"
  },
  "outdated": true,
  "imports": [
    {
      "object": "import-run",
      "id": "text",
      "startedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
      "completedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
      "createdAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
      "updatedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
      "status": "pending",
      "reason": "text",
      "source": {
        "type": "website",
        "url": "https://example.com"
      },
      "target": {
        "space": "text",
        "changeRequest": "text",
        "page": "text"
      },
      "site": "text",
      "createdBy": "text",
      "urls": {
        "location": "https://example.com"
      },
      "pages": [
        {
          "id": "text",
          "sourceURL": "text",
          "type": "page",
          "status": "complete"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    {
      "id": "text",
      "ref": {
        "kind": "url",
        "url": "text"
      },
      "title": "text",
      "expanded": {
        "kind": "external-ticket",
        "provider": "jira",
        "state": "connected",
        "key": "text",
        "url": "https://example.com",
        "status": {
          "id": "text",
          "name": "text"
        },
        "summary": "text"
      }
    }
  ],
  "urls": {
    "app": "https://example.com",
    "location": "https://example.com"
  }
}