# Create channel

**POST /v1/Channels**


Flex chat channels

## Servers
- https://flex-api.twilio.com: https://flex-api.twilio.com ()


## Authentication methods
- Account sid auth token


## Parameters



### Body: application/x-www-form-urlencoded (object)

- **FlexFlowSid** (string)
  The SID of the Flex Flow.
- **Identity** (string)
  The `identity` value that uniquely identifies the new resource's chat User.
- **ChatUserFriendlyName** (string)
  The chat participant's friendly name.
- **ChatFriendlyName** (string)
  The chat channel's friendly name.
- **Target** (string)
  The Target Contact Identity, for example the phone number of an SMS.
- **ChatUniqueName** (string)
  The chat channel's unique name.
- **PreEngagementData** (string)
  The pre-engagement data.
- **TaskSid** (string)
  The SID of the TaskRouter Task. Only valid when integration type is `task`. `null` for integration types `studio` & `external`
- **TaskAttributes** (string)
  The Task attributes to be added for the TaskRouter Task.
- **LongLived** (boolean)
  Whether to create the channel as long-lived.


## Responses
### 201
Created
#### Headers
- **Access-Control-Allow-Origin** (string)
  Specify the origin(s) allowed to access the resource
- **Access-Control-Allow-Methods** (string)
  Specify the HTTP methods allowed when accessing the resource
- **Access-Control-Allow-Headers** (string)
  Specify the headers allowed when accessing the resource
- **Access-Control-Allow-Credentials** (boolean)
  Indicates whether the browser should include credentials
- **Access-Control-Expose-Headers** (string)
  Headers exposed to the client

#### Body: application/json (object)
- **account_sid** (string | null)
  The SID of the [Account](https://www.twilio.com/docs/iam/api/account) that created the Channel resource and owns this Workflow.
- **flex_flow_sid** (string | null)
  The SID of the Flex Flow.
- **sid** (string | null)
  The unique string that we created to identify the Channel resource.
- **user_sid** (string | null)
  The SID of the chat user.
- **task_sid** (string | null)
  The SID of the TaskRouter Task. Only valid when integration type is `task`. `null` for integration types `studio` & `external`
- **url** (string(uri) | null)
  The absolute URL of the Flex chat channel resource.
- **date_created** (string(date-time) | null)
  The date and time in GMT when the Flex chat channel was created specified in [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) format.
- **date_updated** (string(date-time) | null)
  The date and time in GMT when the Flex chat channel was last updated specified in [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) format.


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