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Tailwind API

Create board

POST
/v1/accounts/{accountId}/boards
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api-v1.tailwind.ai/v1/accounts/example/boards \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{ "name": "example", "description": "example", "privacy": "public" }'

Create a board on the account’s Pinterest profile. Creating a board does not consume credits. Use the board ID returned here rather than re-listing: GET /v1/accounts/{accountId}/boards is served from a cache, so a just-created board may not appear in it yet.

Authorizations

Section titled “Authorizations”

Parameters

Section titled “Parameters”

Path Parameters

Section titled “Path Parameters”
accountId
required
string

Numeric Tailwind account ID returned by GET /v1/accounts

Request Bodyrequired

Section titled “Request Bodyrequired”
Media typeapplication/json
object
name
required

Board name

string
<= 180 characters
description

Board description

string
<= 500 characters
privacy

Whether the board is visible on the Pinterest profile

string
default: public
Allowed values: public secret

Responses

Section titled “Responses”

201

Section titled “201”

Board created

Media typeapplication/json
object
data
object
board

A board as returned by the create and update endpoints, read back from Pinterest at the moment of the write.

object
id

Board ID

string
name

Board name

string
description

Board description, or null when the board has none

string
nullable
privacy

Board visibility. protected cannot be set through this API but can be read back from boards created elsewhere.

string
Allowed values: public protected secret
pinCount

Number of Pins on the board

integer
meta
object
requestId

Unique request ID for debugging

string
Example
{
  "data": {
    "board": {
      "id": "1106196864631757445",
      "name": "Weeknight dinners",
      "privacy": "public",
      "pinCount": 12
    }
  }
}

400

Section titled “400”

Invalid request

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
object
code

Error code

string
message

Error message

string
reason

Machine-readable reason. On PAYMENT_REQUIRED errors it is the denial reason: insufficient_credits, trial_exhausted, no_access, account_not_connected, legacy_post_limit_exceeded. Other errors may carry an operation-specific reason, such as pinterest_reconnect_required, pinterest_rate_limited, pinterest_timeout, pinterest_request_failed or list_boards_upstream_failed; each operation’s documented error responses show the values it returns. Branch on reason rather than parsing message.

string
resolve_url

Present on PAYMENT_REQUIRED errors: where the denial can be resolved. Reason-specific, because buying credits does not clear a trial, access or connection denial. Requests sent with X-Request-Source: mcp receive an informational plans page instead, so agent surfaces never present a purchase link.

string
meta
object
requestId

Unique request ID for debugging

string
Example
{
  "error": {
    "code": "BAD_REQUEST",
    "message": "Invalid request body"
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "abc123"
  }
}

401

Section titled “401”

Authentication required or invalid bearer credentials

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
object
code

Error code

string
message

Error message

string
reason

Machine-readable reason. On PAYMENT_REQUIRED errors it is the denial reason: insufficient_credits, trial_exhausted, no_access, account_not_connected, legacy_post_limit_exceeded. Other errors may carry an operation-specific reason, such as pinterest_reconnect_required, pinterest_rate_limited, pinterest_timeout, pinterest_request_failed or list_boards_upstream_failed; each operation’s documented error responses show the values it returns. Branch on reason rather than parsing message.

string
resolve_url

Present on PAYMENT_REQUIRED errors: where the denial can be resolved. Reason-specific, because buying credits does not clear a trial, access or connection denial. Requests sent with X-Request-Source: mcp receive an informational plans page instead, so agent surfaces never present a purchase link.

string
meta
object
requestId

Unique request ID for debugging

string
Example
{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
    "message": "Invalid API key"
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "abc123"
  }
}

404

Section titled “404”

Resource not found

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
object
code

Error code

string
message

Error message

string
reason

Machine-readable reason. On PAYMENT_REQUIRED errors it is the denial reason: insufficient_credits, trial_exhausted, no_access, account_not_connected, legacy_post_limit_exceeded. Other errors may carry an operation-specific reason, such as pinterest_reconnect_required, pinterest_rate_limited, pinterest_timeout, pinterest_request_failed or list_boards_upstream_failed; each operation’s documented error responses show the values it returns. Branch on reason rather than parsing message.

string
resolve_url

Present on PAYMENT_REQUIRED errors: where the denial can be resolved. Reason-specific, because buying credits does not clear a trial, access or connection denial. Requests sent with X-Request-Source: mcp receive an informational plans page instead, so agent surfaces never present a purchase link.

string
meta
object
requestId

Unique request ID for debugging

string
Example
{
  "error": {
    "code": "NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "Account not found"
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "abc123"
  }
}

422

Section titled “422”

The account’s Pinterest connection is no longer usable. Your API key is fine — this is not an authentication failure on Tailwind’s side, which is why it is not a 401. The account holder needs to reconnect Pinterest in Tailwind before this operation can succeed.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
object
code

Error code

string
message

Error message

string
reason

Machine-readable reason. On PAYMENT_REQUIRED errors it is the denial reason: insufficient_credits, trial_exhausted, no_access, account_not_connected, legacy_post_limit_exceeded. Other errors may carry an operation-specific reason, such as pinterest_reconnect_required, pinterest_rate_limited, pinterest_timeout, pinterest_request_failed or list_boards_upstream_failed; each operation’s documented error responses show the values it returns. Branch on reason rather than parsing message.

string
resolve_url

Present on PAYMENT_REQUIRED errors: where the denial can be resolved. Reason-specific, because buying credits does not clear a trial, access or connection denial. Requests sent with X-Request-Source: mcp receive an informational plans page instead, so agent surfaces never present a purchase link.

string
meta
object
requestId

Unique request ID for debugging

string
Example
{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY",
    "message": "Reconnect your Pinterest account to manage Boards.",
    "reason": "pinterest_reconnect_required"
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "abc123"
  }
}

429

Section titled “429”

Rate limit exceeded

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
object
code

Error code

string
message

Error message

string
reason

Machine-readable reason. On PAYMENT_REQUIRED errors it is the denial reason: insufficient_credits, trial_exhausted, no_access, account_not_connected, legacy_post_limit_exceeded. Other errors may carry an operation-specific reason, such as pinterest_reconnect_required, pinterest_rate_limited, pinterest_timeout, pinterest_request_failed or list_boards_upstream_failed; each operation’s documented error responses show the values it returns. Branch on reason rather than parsing message.

string
resolve_url

Present on PAYMENT_REQUIRED errors: where the denial can be resolved. Reason-specific, because buying credits does not clear a trial, access or connection denial. Requests sent with X-Request-Source: mcp receive an informational plans page instead, so agent surfaces never present a purchase link.

string
meta
object
requestId

Unique request ID for debugging

string
Example
{
  "error": {
    "code": "RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
    "message": "Daily rate limit of 10000 requests for this organization exceeded. Resets at midnight UTC."
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "abc123"
  }
}

Headers

Section titled “Headers”
Retry-After
integer

Seconds until the daily limit resets at midnight UTC.

502

Section titled “502”

Pinterest failed the request with an error of its own. A create may still have taken effect, so list Boards or sections before repeating one; other requests can be retried. If the same request keeps failing, Pinterest is refusing it rather than having an outage.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
object
code

Error code

string
message

Error message

string
reason

Machine-readable reason. On PAYMENT_REQUIRED errors it is the denial reason: insufficient_credits, trial_exhausted, no_access, account_not_connected, legacy_post_limit_exceeded. Other errors may carry an operation-specific reason, such as pinterest_reconnect_required, pinterest_rate_limited, pinterest_timeout, pinterest_request_failed or list_boards_upstream_failed; each operation’s documented error responses show the values it returns. Branch on reason rather than parsing message.

string
resolve_url

Present on PAYMENT_REQUIRED errors: where the denial can be resolved. Reason-specific, because buying credits does not clear a trial, access or connection denial. Requests sent with X-Request-Source: mcp receive an informational plans page instead, so agent surfaces never present a purchase link.

string
meta
object
requestId

Unique request ID for debugging

string
Example
{
  "error": {
    "code": "BAD_GATEWAY",
    "message": "Pinterest couldn't complete this request. Please try again.",
    "reason": "pinterest_request_failed"
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "abc123"
  }
}

503

Section titled “503”

Pinterest rate-limited the request. Pinterest refused it before acting, so nothing was changed. Distinct from a 429, which means the organization’s shared daily request limit — retry this request in a few minutes rather than backing off across the API.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
object
code

Error code

string
message

Error message

string
reason

Machine-readable reason. On PAYMENT_REQUIRED errors it is the denial reason: insufficient_credits, trial_exhausted, no_access, account_not_connected, legacy_post_limit_exceeded. Other errors may carry an operation-specific reason, such as pinterest_reconnect_required, pinterest_rate_limited, pinterest_timeout, pinterest_request_failed or list_boards_upstream_failed; each operation’s documented error responses show the values it returns. Branch on reason rather than parsing message.

string
resolve_url

Present on PAYMENT_REQUIRED errors: where the denial can be resolved. Reason-specific, because buying credits does not clear a trial, access or connection denial. Requests sent with X-Request-Source: mcp receive an informational plans page instead, so agent surfaces never present a purchase link.

string
meta
object
requestId

Unique request ID for debugging

string
Example
{
  "error": {
    "code": "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE",
    "message": "Pinterest is limiting requests for this account right now. Nothing was changed. Retry in a few minutes.",
    "reason": "pinterest_rate_limited"
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "abc123"
  }
}

Headers

Section titled “Headers”
Retry-After
integer

Seconds until Pinterest’s limit for this account resets. Sent by the analytics and Pin inventory operations when Pinterest reports it; absent otherwise.

504

Section titled “504”

Pinterest did not respond before the request deadline. The operation may or may not have taken effect — re-read the account’s boards before retrying, since a blind retry after a create that did land produces a duplicate.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
object
code

Error code

string
message

Error message

string
reason

Machine-readable reason. On PAYMENT_REQUIRED errors it is the denial reason: insufficient_credits, trial_exhausted, no_access, account_not_connected, legacy_post_limit_exceeded. Other errors may carry an operation-specific reason, such as pinterest_reconnect_required, pinterest_rate_limited, pinterest_timeout, pinterest_request_failed or list_boards_upstream_failed; each operation’s documented error responses show the values it returns. Branch on reason rather than parsing message.

string
resolve_url

Present on PAYMENT_REQUIRED errors: where the denial can be resolved. Reason-specific, because buying credits does not clear a trial, access or connection denial. Requests sent with X-Request-Source: mcp receive an informational plans page instead, so agent surfaces never present a purchase link.

string
meta
object
requestId

Unique request ID for debugging

string
Example
{
  "error": {
    "code": "GATEWAY_TIMEOUT",
    "message": "Pinterest did not respond in time, so this may or may not have taken effect. Check the account's boards before trying again rather than repeating the request.",
    "reason": "pinterest_timeout"
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "abc123"
  }
}