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# Create glossary term

> Add a new term to your glossary.

Glossary terms control how specific words or phrases are handled during AI enhancement and translation.

## Request body

<ParamField body="term" type="string" required>
  The original term to add.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="type" type="string" required>
  How to handle this term. One of:

  * `do_not_translate` -- Keep the term as-is in all languages.
  * `specific_translation` -- Use the provided translations.
  * `context_dependent` -- Let the AI decide based on context.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="case_sensitive" type="boolean" default="false">
  Whether matching should be case-sensitive.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="category" type="string" default="custom">
  A category for organizing terms.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="translations" type="object">
  Map of language codes to translated terms. Required when `type` is `specific_translation`.
</ParamField>

## Response

<ResponseField name="id" type="string">Unique term identifier.</ResponseField>
<ResponseField name="term" type="string">The original term.</ResponseField>
<ResponseField name="type" type="string">Term type.</ResponseField>
<ResponseField name="case_sensitive" type="boolean">Case sensitivity setting.</ResponseField>
<ResponseField name="category" type="string">Term category.</ResponseField>
<ResponseField name="translations" type="object">Translation map.</ResponseField>
<ResponseField name="created_at" type="string">ISO 8601 timestamp.</ResponseField>

<RequestExample>
  ```typescript TypeScript theme={null}
  // Brand term -- do not translate
  await client.glossary.create({
    term: "Lasso AI",
    type: "do_not_translate",
    case_sensitive: true,
    category: "brand",
  });

  // Term with specific translations
  await client.glossary.create({
    term: "data extraction",
    type: "specific_translation",
    translations: {
      de: "Datenextraktion",
      fr: "extraction de données",
      es: "extracción de datos",
    },
  });
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  # Brand term -- do not translate
  client.glossary.create(
      term="Lasso AI",
      type="do_not_translate",
      case_sensitive=True,
      category="brand",
  )

  # Term with specific translations
  client.glossary.create(
      term="data extraction",
      type="specific_translation",
      translations={
          "de": "Datenextraktion",
          "fr": "extraction de données",
          "es": "extracción de datos",
      },
  )
  ```

  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X POST "https://hub.banditshq.com/api/v1/glossary" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer lasso_..." \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
      "term": "Lasso AI",
      "type": "do_not_translate",
      "case_sensitive": true,
      "category": "brand"
    }'

  # With specific translations
  curl -X POST "https://hub.banditshq.com/api/v1/glossary" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer lasso_..." \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
      "term": "data extraction",
      "type": "specific_translation",
      "translations": {
        "de": "Datenextraktion",
        "fr": "extraction de données",
        "es": "extracción de datos"
      }
    }'
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={null}
  {
    "id": "term_abc123",
    "term": "data extraction",
    "type": "specific_translation",
    "case_sensitive": false,
    "category": "custom",
    "translations": {
      "de": "Datenextraktion",
      "fr": "extraction de données"
    },
    "created_at": "2025-03-01T10:00:00.000Z"
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>