# Create spaces

Define individual spaces such as desks, workstations, or generic areas within a layer to represent your workplace layout.

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### Prerequisites

* Completed **Setup Your Development Environment** and **Send Your First API Request**
* Node.js v18+ and npm v9+
* A valid gospace API key in your `.env` file
* An existing **location\_id** and **layer\_id** (spaces belong to a layer)

### 1) Create the script

Create `create-spaces.ts`:

```ts
import "dotenv/config";
import GospaceAI from "@gospace-ai/api";

async function main() {
  const gospace = new GospaceAI(process.env.GOSPACE_API_KEY!);

  const res = await gospace.spatial.createSpaces({
    spaces: [
      {
        layer_id: "layer_123",     // required: the layer this space belongs to
        name: "Desk A-1",          // required: space name
        // external_id: "desk-a-1", // optional
      },
      {
        layer_id: "layer_123",
        name: "Desk A-2",
        // external_id: "desk-a-2",
      }
    ],
  });

  console.log(JSON.stringify(res.data, null, 2));
}

main().catch((err) => {
  console.error("Request failed:", err);
  process.exit(1);
});
```

### 2) Run the script

With TypeScript:

```bash
npx tsx create-spaces.ts
```

### 3) (Optional) Verify spaces on a layer

List spaces for your layer:

```ts
import "dotenv/config";
import GospaceAI from "@gospace-ai/api";

async function main() {
  const gospace = new GospaceAI(process.env.GOSPACE_API_KEY!);
  const res = await gospace.spatial.getSpaces({
    layer_id: "layer_123",
    skip: 0,
    limit: 50,
  });
  console.log(JSON.stringify(res.data.spaces, null, 2));
}

main().catch(console.error);
```

Run:

```bash
npx tsx list-spaces.ts
```

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