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title: Content Type API Recipes
slug: cms-saas/api/content-type-api-recipes
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createdAt: 2026-07-30T20:20:18.000Z
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The Content Type API lets you programmatically work with content types in Optimizely CMS. Use these recipes to create, update, and manage content types.

## Prerequisites

- API key or OAuth token
- Base URL of your Optimizely instance

## Recipes

- Request access token
- Create a new content type
- Get content metadata