# Campaign API error for Creating New Campaign

**URL:** https://forum.mautic.org/t/campaign-api-error-for-creating-new-campaign/19712
**Category:** Product Support
**Tags:** development
**Created:** [June 2, 2021, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/campaign-api-error-for-creating-new-campaign/19712 "2021-06-02T12:04:59Z")
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### Author: ![dirk\_s](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/dirk_s/32/748_2.png) [@dirk\_s](https://forum.mautic.org/u/dirk_s)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/campaign-api-error-for-creating-new-campaign/19712/2 "2023-06-04T15:04:42Z")

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Start with reading a campaign structure via the API. Each campaign has either a form or a list (segment) as source. You need to add either of them when creating a campaign.

However current other issues prevent a successful campaign creation via API: [API for campaigns broken? - Support - Mautic Community Forums](https://forum.mautic.org/t/api-for-campaigns-broken/28226)

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