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# Create standalone namespace (BYO vectors)

> Create a standalone namespace for BYO (Bring Your Own) vectors. No collection or feature extractor binding is required. Users upsert pre-computed vectors directly via the direct upsert endpoint.



## OpenAPI

````yaml post /v1/namespaces/standalone
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Mixpeek API
  description: >-
    This is the Mixpeek API, providing access to various endpoints for data
    processing and retrieval.
  termsOfService: https://mixpeek.com/terms
  contact:
    name: Mixpeek Support
    url: https://mixpeek.com/contact
    email: info@mixpeek.com
  version: '0.82'
servers:
  - url: https://api.mixpeek.com
    description: Production
security:
  - BearerAuth: []
paths:
  /v1/namespaces/standalone:
    post:
      tags:
        - BYO Documents
      summary: Create standalone namespace (BYO vectors)
      description: >-
        Create a standalone namespace for BYO (Bring Your Own) vectors. No
        collection or feature extractor binding is required. Users upsert
        pre-computed vectors directly via the direct upsert endpoint.
      operationId: create_standalone_namespace_v1_namespaces_standalone_post
      parameters: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateStandaloneNamespaceRequestModel'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StandaloneNamespaceResponseModel'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      security:
        - BearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    CreateStandaloneNamespaceRequestModel:
      properties:
        namespace_id:
          type: string
          title: Namespace Id
          description: Unique namespace identifier
          examples:
            - ns_my_vectors
        vector_configs:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/VectorConfigSpecModel'
          type: array
          title: Vector Configs
          description: >-
            Vector index configurations. If omitted, indexes are inferred on
            first upsert.
        storage:
          anyOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/StandaloneStorageConfig'
            - type: 'null'
          description: Optional BYO object storage connection
        config:
          anyOf:
            - additionalProperties: true
              type: object
            - type: 'null'
          title: Config
          description: Optional configuration (retention, version_history, tiering)
        auto_create_indexes:
          anyOf:
            - type: boolean
            - type: 'null'
          title: Auto Create Indexes
          description: >-
            Adaptive payload indexing. Standalone namespaces default to on
            (indexes are inferred/created from filter usage). Set explicitly to
            false to opt out and manage payload indexes yourself.
      type: object
      required:
        - namespace_id
      title: CreateStandaloneNamespaceRequestModel
      description: Request body for POST /v1/namespaces/standalone.
    StandaloneNamespaceResponseModel:
      properties:
        namespace_id:
          type: string
          title: Namespace Id
        mode:
          type: string
          title: Mode
          default: standalone
        status:
          type: string
          title: Status
          default: active
        vector_configs:
          items:
            additionalProperties: true
            type: object
          type: array
          title: Vector Configs
        tiering:
          type: string
          title: Tiering
          default: auto
        document_count:
          type: integer
          title: Document Count
          default: 0
      type: object
      required:
        - namespace_id
      title: StandaloneNamespaceResponseModel
      description: Response from standalone namespace creation.
    ErrorResponse:
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          title: Success
          description: Always false for error responses
          default: false
        status:
          type: integer
          title: Status
          description: HTTP status code for this error
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorDetail'
          description: Error details payload
      type: object
      required:
        - status
        - error
      title: ErrorResponse
      description: Error response model.
      examples:
        - error:
            details:
              id: ns_123
              resource: namespace
            message: Namespace not found
            type: NotFoundError
          status: 404
          success: false
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    VectorConfigSpecModel:
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          title: Name
          description: Vector index name (e.g. 'text-embedding')
        dimension:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          title: Dimension
          description: Vector dimension
        metric:
          type: string
          title: Metric
          description: 'Distance metric: cosine, euclidean, or dot_product'
          default: cosine
      type: object
      required:
        - name
        - dimension
      title: VectorConfigSpecModel
      description: Per-vector configuration within a standalone namespace.
    StandaloneStorageConfig:
      properties:
        connection_id:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Connection Id
          description: Existing org storage connection ID
      type: object
      title: StandaloneStorageConfig
      description: BYO object storage connection for WAL/snapshots/cold data.
    ErrorDetail:
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          title: Message
          description: Human-readable error message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Type
          description: Stable error type identifier (machine-readable)
        code:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Code
          description: >-
            Fine-grained error code for programmatic handling (e.g.,
            namespace_name_taken, feature_extractor_not_found). Present only
            when consumers may need to branch on a specific error condition.
        details:
          anyOf:
            - additionalProperties: true
              type: object
            - type: 'null'
          title: Details
          description: >-
            Optional structured details to help debugging (validation errors,
            IDs, etc.)
      type: object
      required:
        - message
        - type
      title: ErrorDetail
      description: Error detail model.
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
        input:
          title: Input
        ctx:
          type: object
          title: Context
      type: object
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
      title: ValidationError
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        Mixpeek API key, sent as `Authorization: Bearer mxp_sk_...`. Create one
        in Studio under Settings → API Keys, or with an admin key via `POST
        /v1/organizations/users/{user_email}/api-keys`. A missing header returns
        403; an invalid or revoked key returns 401.

````