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# Create User Memory

> Create a user memory. This endpoint requires credits and meters the actual embedding work performed for the request. The response includes `credits.consumed` with the billed amount, or `null` if the billing write fails after the memory is successfully created.



## OpenAPI

````yaml post /user-memories
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  version: 0.1.1
  title: Datagrid API
  description: Datagrid API
servers:
  - url: https://api.datagrid.com/v1
security:
  - BearerAuth: []
paths:
  /user-memories:
    post:
      tags:
        - Memory
      summary: Create User Memory
      description: >-
        Create a user memory. This endpoint requires credits and meters the
        actual embedding work performed for the request. The response includes
        `credits.consumed` with the billed amount, or `null` if the billing
        write fails after the memory is successfully created.
      operationId: Memory.createUserMemory
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateUserMemoryRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Successfully created user memory
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateUserMemoryResponse'
        '402':
          description: >-
            Credit limit exceeded. The organization does not have enough credits
            to perform this operation. Check your billing status and add credits
            to your account.
        '429':
          description: >-
            Rate limit exceeded. The request has been throttled because the rate
            limit for this endpoint has been reached. Check the `Retry-After`
            response header and retry after the specified number of seconds.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RateLimitError'
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: JavaScript
          source: >-
            import Datagrid from 'datagrid-ai';


            const client = new Datagrid({
              apiKey: process.env['DATAGRID_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
            });


            const user = await client.memory.user.create({ agent_id: 'agent_id',
            memory: 'memory' });


            console.log(user);
        - lang: Python
          source: |-
            import os
            from datagrid_ai import Datagrid

            client = Datagrid(
                api_key=os.environ.get("DATAGRID_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
            )
            user = client.memory.user.create(
                agent_id="agent_id",
                memory="memory",
            )
            print(user)
components:
  schemas:
    CreateUserMemoryRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - agent_id
        - memory
      properties:
        agent_id:
          type: string
          description: The agent ID of the user memory.
        user_prompt:
          type: string
          description: The user prompt of the user memory.
          nullable: true
        memory:
          type: string
          description: The memory of the user memory.
        context:
          type: string
          description: The context of the user memory.
          nullable: true
    CreateUserMemoryResponse:
      allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserMemory'
        - type: object
          properties:
            credits:
              nullable: true
              description: >-
                Credit consumption for this user-memory creation. `consumed`
                reflects the billed embedding work for the request. `null` when
                the billing write fails after the memory is successfully
                created.
              allOf:
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/OperationCredits'
    RateLimitError:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Returned when the rate limit is exceeded. Rate limits are enforced per
        teamspace, endpoint path, and HTTP method over a 60-second sliding
        window. Each endpoint may have its own limit — check the
        X-RateLimit-Limit response header for the effective value.
      required:
        - error
        - message
        - retryable
        - status_code
      properties:
        status_code:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP status code (429).
        statusCode:
          type: integer
          deprecated: true
          description: Deprecated. Use status_code instead.
        error:
          type: string
          enum:
            - rate_limit_exceeded
          description: The error code identifying this as a rate limit error.
        message:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable error message.
        mitigation:
          type: string
          description: Suggested action to resolve the error.
        retryable:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the request can be retried after a delay.
        details:
          type: object
          properties:
            reason:
              type: string
              description: A detailed explanation of why the rate limit was exceeded.
    UserMemory:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - object
        - updated_at
        - created_at
        - user_prompt
        - context
        - agent_id
        - user_id
        - memory
      properties:
        object:
          type: string
          enum:
            - user_memory
          description: The object type, which is always `user_memory`.
        id:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the user memory.
        updated_at:
          type: string
          description: The updated at of the user memory.
        created_at:
          type: string
          description: The created at of the user memory.
        user_prompt:
          type: string
          description: The user prompt of the user memory.
        context:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: The context of the user memory.
        agent_id:
          type: string
          description: The agent ID of the user memory.
        user_id:
          type: string
          description: The user ID of the user memory.
        memory:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: The memory of the user memory.
    OperationCredits:
      type: object
      required:
        - consumed
      properties:
        consumed:
          type: number
          description: The number of credits consumed by the operation.
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````