> ## Documentation Index
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# Create

> Create a new Failover backend




## OpenAPI

````yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ngrok/ngrok-openapi/refs/heads/main/ngrok.yaml post /backends/failover
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: ngrok OpenAPI
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.ngrok.com
security:
  - authentication: []
paths:
  /backends/failover:
    post:
      tags:
        - FailoverBackends
      summary: Create
      description: |
        Create a new Failover backend
      operationId: FailoverBackendsCreate
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ngrokVersion'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/FailoverBackendCreate'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: |
            Create a new Failover backend
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FailoverBackend'
components:
  parameters:
    ngrokVersion:
      name: ngrok-version
      in: header
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 2
  schemas:
    FailoverBackendCreate:
      type: object
      properties:
        description:
          description: |
            human-readable description of this backend. Optional
          type: string
        metadata:
          description: >
            arbitrary user-defined machine-readable data of this backend.
            Optional
          type: string
        backends:
          description: |
            the ids of the child backends in order
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    FailoverBackend:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          description: |
            unique identifier for this Failover backend
          type: string
        uri:
          description: |
            URI of the FailoverBackend API resource
          type: string
        created_at:
          description: |
            timestamp when the backend was created, RFC 3339 format
          type: string
        description:
          description: |
            human-readable description of this backend. Optional
          type: string
        metadata:
          description: >
            arbitrary user-defined machine-readable data of this backend.
            Optional
          type: string
        backends:
          description: |
            the ids of the child backends in order
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
  securitySchemes:
    authentication:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````