# PUT /api/0.6/relation/create is deprecated

OpenStreetMap API deprecated PUT /api/0.6/relation/create without giving a shutdown date yet.

- API: OpenStreetMap API (api.openstreetmap.org)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `PUT /api/0.6/relation/create`
- Source: [Announcement](https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/openstreetmap-api/breaking-changes/put-api-0-6-relation-create-is-deprecated/

## What to use instead

Create relations with POST /api/0.6/relations instead.

## OpenStreetMap API's words

> POST /api/0.6/[nodes|ways|relations] was added to create elements and PUT /api/0.6/[node|way|relation]/create was deprecated.