# Add a goal

> tidekeeper's API reference: https://tidekeeper.eu/docs/api/post-sites-site-goals

`POST /api/v1/sites/{site}/goals`

Add a goal: what counts as reaching it.

## Parameters

- `site` (in path, needed): A site's id or name

## What to send

`GoalCreate`

- `name` (string, needed)
- `spec` (object, needed)

## The answer

201, `GoalView`

- `created_at` (string, needed)
- `id` (string, needed)
- `name` (string, needed)
- `paused` (boolean, needed)
- `site_id` (string, needed)
- `spec` (object, needed)
- `summary` (string, needed): `event install-copy`, `page /thanks*`.
- `version` (integer, needed): The version in force. Each conversion records the one it was counted under (EV-06).

## Asking

```sh
curl -X POST https://tidekeeper.eu/api/v1/sites/example.org/goals \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TIDEKEEPER_TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"name": "…", "spec": {}}'
```