---
title: "Create Menu Metafield"
description: "Use POST /business/{business_id}/menus/{menu_id}/metafields to create a menu metafield."
canonical: https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/guides/create-menu-metafield/
---

# Create Menu Metafield

> **API operation:** [Open the endpoint in Scalar](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/#tag/business/POST/business/{business_id}/menus/{menu_id}/metafields)

Use `POST /business/{business_id}/menus/{menu_id}/metafields` to create a menu metafield. The operation documented here is `MenuMetafield.register`.

The documented schema requires administrator or business-manager authentication. Before creating a metafield, verify that `menu_id` belongs to the route business; do not assume the route enforces this parent relationship.

The supported `value_type` values are `integer`, `decimal`, `boolean`, `text`, and `json`. See [List menu metafields](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/guides/get-menu-metafields/).

## OpenAPI reference

**Operation:** `POST /business/{business_id}/menus/{menu_id}/metafields`

**Path parameters**

| Name          | Type    | Required | Description |
| ------------- | ------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `business_id` | integer | Yes      | —           |
| `menu_id`     | integer | Yes      | —           |

**Request body fields**

| Name         | Type    | Required |
| ------------ | ------- | -------- |
| `model`      | any     | Yes      |
| `object_id`  | integer | Yes      |
| `value`      | any     | Yes      |
| `value_type` | string  | Yes      |

**Responses**

| Code | Description                           |
| ---- | ------------------------------------- |
| 200  | OK (Envelope)                         |
| 400  | Bad Request (ErrorResponse)           |
| 401  | Unauthorized                          |
| 404  | Not Found                             |
| 429  | Too Many Requests (ErrorResponse)     |
| 500  | Internal Server Error (ErrorResponse) |
| 503  | Service Unavailable (ErrorResponse)   |

[Open this operation in the API reference](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/#tag/business/POST/business/{business_id}/menus/{menu_id}/metafields)