Create a user project

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POST /user/projects

Input

Name	Type	Description
`name`	`string`	Required. The name of the project.
`body`	`string`	The description of the project.

Example

{
  "name": "Projects Documentation",
  "body": "Developer documentation project for the developer site."
}

Response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "owner_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/projects/1002603",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/users/octocat/projects/1",
  "columns_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/1002603/columns",
  "id": 1002603,
  "node_id": "MDc6UHJvamVjdDEwMDI2MDM=",
  "name": "My Projects",
  "body": "A board to manage my personal projects.",
  "number": 1,
  "state": "open",
  "creator": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "created_at": "2011-04-10T20:09:31Z",
  "updated_at": "2014-03-03T18:58:10Z"
}