<p>Creates a collection in an AWS Region. You can add faces to the collection using the <a>IndexFaces</a> operation. </p> <p>For example, you might create collections, one for each of your application users. A user can then index faces using the <code>IndexFaces</code> operation and persist results in a specific collection. Then, a user can search the collection for faces in the user-specific container. </p> <p>When you create a collection, it is associated with the latest version of the face model version.</p> <note> <p>Collection names are case-sensitive.</p> </note> <p>This operation requires permissions to perform the <code>rekognition:CreateCollection</code> action. If you want to tag your collection, you also require permission to perform the <code>rekognition:TagResource</code> operation.</p>

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

<p>Creates a collection in an AWS Region. You can add faces to the collection using the <a>IndexFaces</a> operation. </p> <p>For example, you might create collections, one for each of your application users. A user can then index faces using the <code>IndexFaces</code> operation and persist results in a specific collection. Then, a user can search the collection for faces in the user-specific container. </p> <p>When you create a collection, it is associated with the latest version of the face model version.</p> <note> <p>Collection names are case-sensitive.</p> </note> <p>This operation requires permissions to perform the <code>rekognition:CreateCollection</code> action. If you want to tag your collection, you also require permission to perform the <code>rekognition:TagResource</code> operation.</p>

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}