> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.latitude.sh/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create user data > Allows you to create User Data in a team, which can be used to perform custom setup on your servers after deploy and reinstall. ## OpenAPI ````yaml https://spec.speakeasy.com/latitude/latitude/latitude-sh-api-with-code-samples post /user_data openapi: 3.0.1 info: title: Latitude.sh API version: '2023-06-01' description: >- The Latitude.sh API is a RESTful API to manage your Latitude.sh account. It allows you to perform the same actions as the Latitude.sh dashboard. servers: - url: https://api.latitude.sh variables: latitude_api_key: default: - url: http://api.latitude.sh variables: latitude_api_key: default: security: [] tags: - name: API keys - name: Billing - name: Elastic Ips - name: Events - name: Firewalls - name: IP Addresses - name: Kubernetes Clusters - name: Operating Systems - name: Plans - name: Private Networks - name: Projects - name: Regions - name: Roles - name: SSH Keys - name: Servers - name: Storage - name: Tags - name: Teams - name: Team members - name: Traffic - name: User data - name: User profile - name: VPN Sessions - name: Virtual machines paths: /user_data: post: tags: - User data summary: Create user data description: > Allows you to create User Data in a team, which can be used to perform custom setup on your servers after deploy and reinstall. operationId: post-user-data parameters: [] requestBody: content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: data: type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - user_data attributes: type: object properties: description: type: string description: description of the User Data project: type: string description: Project ID or slug content: type: string description: base64 encoded content of the User Data required: - content - description required: - type required: - data examples: Created: summary: Created value: data: type: user_data attributes: content: >- I2Nsb3VkLWNvbmZpZwpydW5jbWQ6CiAtIFsgdG91Y2gsICAvaG9tZS91YnVudHUvdGVzdCBd description: User Data description project: proj_QraYDPW3qpjwW application/vnd.api+json: schema: type: object properties: data: type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - user_data attributes: type: object properties: description: type: string description: description of the User Data project: type: string description: Project ID or slug content: type: string description: base64 encoded content of the User Data required: - content - description required: - type required: - data examples: Created: summary: Created value: data: type: user_data attributes: content: >- I2Nsb3VkLWNvbmZpZwpydW5jbWQ6CiAtIFsgdG91Y2gsICAvaG9tZS91YnVudHUvdGVzdCBd description: User Data description project: proj_QraYDPW3qpjwW required: true responses: '201': description: Created content: application/vnd.api+json: examples: Created: value: data: id: ud_w49QDB55qagKb type: user_data attributes: description: User Data description content: >- I2Nsb3VkLWNvbmZpZwpydW5jbWQ6CiAtIFsgdG91Y2gsICAvaG9tZS91YnVudHUvdGVzdCBd created_at: '2026-01-14T15:57:11+00:00' updated_at: '2026-01-14T15:57:11+00:00' decoded_content: |- #cloud-config runcmd: - [ touch, /home/ubuntu/test ] project: id: proj_QraYDPW3qpjwW name: Rustic Granite Gloves slug: rustic-granite-gloves description: Heavy Duty Leather Wallet provisioning_type: on_demand billing_type: Normal billing_method: Normal bandwidth_alert: false environment: null billing: {} stats: databases: 0 ip_addresses: 0 prefixes: 0 servers: 0 storages: 0 virtual_machines: 0 vlans: 0 meta: {} schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/user_data_object' security: - Bearer: [] x-codeSamples: - lang: python label: Python (SDK) source: |- import latitudesh_python_sdk from latitudesh_python_sdk import Latitudesh import os with Latitudesh( bearer=os.getenv("LATITUDESH_BEARER", ""), ) as latitudesh: res = latitudesh.user_data.post_user_data(data={ "type": latitudesh_python_sdk.PostUserDataUserDataType.USER_DATA, "attributes": { "description": "User Data description", "project": "proj_QraYDPW3qpjwW", "content": "I2Nsb3VkLWNvbmZpZwpydW5jbWQ6CiAtIFsgdG91Y2gsICAvaG9tZS91YnVudHUvdGVzdCBd", }, }) # Handle response print(res) - lang: go label: Go (SDK) source: "package main\n\nimport(\n\t\"context\"\n\t\"os\"\n\tlatitudeshgosdk \"github.com/latitudesh/latitudesh-go-sdk\"\n\t\"github.com/latitudesh/latitudesh-go-sdk/models/operations\"\n\t\"log\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n ctx := context.Background()\n\n s := latitudeshgosdk.New(\n latitudeshgosdk.WithSecurity(os.Getenv(\"LATITUDESH_BEARER\")),\n )\n\n res, err := s.UserData.CreateNew(ctx, operations.PostUserDataUserDataRequestBody{\n Data: operations.PostUserDataUserDataData{\n Type: operations.PostUserDataUserDataTypeUserData,\n Attributes: &operations.PostUserDataUserDataAttributes{\n Description: \"User Data description\",\n Project: latitudeshgosdk.Pointer(\"proj_QraYDPW3qpjwW\"),\n Content: \"I2Nsb3VkLWNvbmZpZwpydW5jbWQ6CiAtIFsgdG91Y2gsICAvaG9tZS91YnVudHUvdGVzdCBd\",\n },\n },\n })\n if err != nil {\n log.Fatal(err)\n }\n if res.UserDataObject != nil {\n // handle response\n }\n}" - lang: typescript label: Typescript (SDK) source: |- import { Latitudesh } from "latitudesh-typescript-sdk"; const latitudesh = new Latitudesh({ bearer: process.env["LATITUDESH_BEARER"] ?? "", }); async function run() { const result = await latitudesh.userData.createNew({ data: { type: "user_data", attributes: { description: "User Data description", project: "proj_QraYDPW3qpjwW", content: "I2Nsb3VkLWNvbmZpZwpydW5jbWQ6CiAtIFsgdG91Y2gsICAvaG9tZS91YnVudHUvdGVzdCBd", }, }, }); console.log(result); } run(); components: schemas: user_data_object: type: object properties: data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/user_data_properties' meta: type: object user_data_properties: type: object properties: id: type: string type: type: string enum: - user_data attributes: type: object properties: description: type: string description: description of the User Data content: type: string description: content of the User Data project: $ref: '#/components/schemas/project_include' created_at: type: string updated_at: type: string required: - type project_include: type: object properties: id: type: string name: type: string slug: type: string description: type: string nullable: true billing_type: type: string nullable: true provisioning_type: type: string nullable: true billing_method: type: string nullable: true bandwidth_alert: type: boolean environment: type: string nullable: true billing: type: object properties: subscription_id: type: string nullable: true type: type: string method: type: string stats: type: object properties: ip_addresses: type: integer prefixes: type: integer servers: type: integer vlans: type: integer securitySchemes: Bearer: type: apiKey name: Authorization in: header ````