# Collections
(*collections*)

## Overview

API Operations against the Collections

### Available Operations

* [create_collection](#create_collection) - Create collection

## create_collection

Create a collection in the library

### Example Usage

<!-- UsageSnippet language="python" operationID="createCollection" method="post" path="/library/collections" -->
```python
from plex_api_client import PlexAPI
from plex_api_client.models import components


with PlexAPI(
    accepts=components.Accepts.APPLICATION_XML,
    client_identifier="abc123",
    product="Plex for Roku",
    version="2.4.1",
    platform="Roku",
    platform_version="4.3 build 1057",
    device="Roku 3",
    model="4200X",
    device_vendor="Roku",
    device_name="Living Room TV",
    marketplace="googlePlay",
    token="<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>",
) as plex_api:

    res = plex_api.collections.create_collection(request={
        "section_id": "<id>",
        "type": components.MediaType.TV_SHOW,
    })

    assert res.media_container_with_metadata is not None

    # Handle response
    print(res.media_container_with_metadata)

```

### Parameters

| Parameter                                                                                | Type                                                                                     | Required                                                                                 | Description                                                                              |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `request`                                                                                | [operations.CreateCollectionRequest](../../models/operations/createcollectionrequest.md) | :heavy_check_mark:                                                                       | The request object to use for the request.                                               |
| `retries`                                                                                | [Optional[utils.RetryConfig]](../../models/utils/retryconfig.md)                         | :heavy_minus_sign:                                                                       | Configuration to override the default retry behavior of the client.                      |

### Response

**[operations.CreateCollectionResponse](../../models/operations/createcollectionresponse.md)**

### Errors

| Error Type      | Status Code     | Content Type    |
| --------------- | --------------- | --------------- |
| errors.SDKError | 4XX, 5XX        | \*/\*           |