# Adding members to a playbook using the API

**URL:** https://forum.mattermost.com/t/adding-members-to-a-playbook-using-the-api/25713
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**Created:** [February 5, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/adding-members-to-a-playbook-using-the-api/25713 "2026-02-05T14:55:16Z")
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### Author: ![jamesb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90ced4/32.png) [@jamesb](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/jamesb)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/adding-members-to-a-playbook-using-the-api/25713/1 "2026-02-05T14:55:16Z")

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I can create a playbook using the [API](https://developers.mattermost.com/api-documentation/#/operations/createPlaybook): `{your-mattermost-url}/plugins/playbooks/api/v0/playbooks` but it appears to ignore the `member_ids` field and only the `default_owner_id` is used.

```auto
"default_owner_id": self.my_owner_id,
"default_owner_enabled": True,
"member_ids": self.member_ids,
"invited_user_ids": list(set(self.member_ids + [self.my_owner_id, self.customer_user_id])),
"invite_users_enabled": True,

```

I would be very grateful if anyone could show me how to add new members to a playbook via the API?

Many thanks