Initiate creation of a new rich text anchor

Deprecated

This endpoint is deprecated and may be removed in a future release.

This endpoint was deprecated on 2026-02-12.

It is scheduled for sunset on 2027-01-31.

Description#

Create a new Anchor using a RichTextAnchorCreation request. This is a long running operation.

Responses include a Location header, which indicates where to poll for results. For more details on long-running job polling, see Operations endpoint. When the creation completes, its status will be completed, and the response body includes a resourceURL. To GET the new rich text anchor, perform a GET on the resourceURL with the same authentication credentials and flow as the initial request. For more details, see Authentication documentation.

POST /prototype/platform/content/richText/{richTextId}/anchors/creation

Required OAuth Scopes

file:write

Parameters#

Parameter	In	Type	Required	Description
X-Version	header	string	false	Version of the API (2022-01-01)
richTextId	path	string	true	The unique identifier of the rich text content
body	body	RichTextAnchorCreation	true	The anchor creation requests

Body parameter example#

{
  "revision": "24601abc",
  "selection": {
    "start": {
      "offset": 0,
      "paragraphIndex": 0
    },
    "stop": {
      "offset": 10,
      "paragraphIndex": 2
    }
  },
  "type": "sourceLink"
}

Code Samples#

curl

curl -X POST https://api.app.wdesk.com/prototype/platform/content/richText/{richTextId}/anchors/creation \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
    -H 'X-Version: 2022-01-01'

httpie

http POST https://api.app.wdesk.com/prototype/platform/content/richText/{richTextId}/anchors/creation \
    X-Version:2022-01-01 \
    Content-Type:application/json \
    Accept:application/json \
    Authorization:"Bearer {access-token}"

wget

wget --method=POST "https://api.app.wdesk.com/prototype/platform/content/richText/{richTextId}/anchors/creation" \
    --output-document -  \ 
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ 
    --header 'Accept: application/json' \ 
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
    --header 'X-Version: 2022-01-01'

python

import requests

headers = {
  'X-Version': '2022-01-01',
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.app.wdesk.com/prototype/platform/content/richText/{richTextId}/anchors/creation', headers = headers)

print(r.headers['Location'])