Document apiReferenceCreate

create.heading

Create a new heading at the target position.

mutates documenttracked modedry runnon-idempotent
doc.create.heading(…)

Expected result

Returns a CreateHeadingResult with the new heading block ID and address.

Inputs

levelintegerrequired

Heading level (1-6).

3 additional input fields
inStoryLocator

Story scope. Defaults to document body when omitted. Use {kind:'story', storyType:'body'} for body, or other storyType values for headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes.

body
kind"story"required
storyType"body"required
headerFooterSlot
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterSlot"required
sectionSectionAddressrequired
Fields
kind"section"required
sectionIdstringrequired
headerFooterKind"header" | "footer"required
variant"default" | "first" | "even"required
resolution"effective" | "explicit"
onWrite"materializeIfInherited" | "editResolvedPart" | "error"
headerFooterPart
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterPart"required
refIdstringrequired
footnote
kind"story"required
storyType"footnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
endnote
kind"story"required
storyType"endnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
textbox
kind"story"required
storyType"textbox"required
textboxIdstringrequired
atdocumentStart | documentEnd | before | after

Position: {kind:'documentEnd'} to append, {kind:'documentStart'} to prepend, or {kind:'before'|'after', target:{kind:'block', nodeType:'...', nodeId:'...'}} for relative placement.

documentStart
kind"documentStart"required
documentEnd
kind"documentEnd"required
before
kind"before"required
targetBlockNodeAddressrequired
Fields
kind"block"required
nodeType"paragraph" | "heading" | "listItem" | "table" | "tableRow" | "tableCell" | "tableOfContents" | "image" | "sdt"required
nodeIdstringrequired
storyStoryLocator

Story scope. Defaults to document body when omitted. Use {kind:'story', storyType:'body'} for body, or other storyType values for headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes.

body
kind"story"required
storyType"body"required
headerFooterSlot
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterSlot"required
sectionSectionAddressrequired
headerFooterKind"header" | "footer"required
variant"default" | "first" | "even"required
resolution"effective" | "explicit"
onWrite"materializeIfInherited" | "editResolvedPart" | "error"
headerFooterPart
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterPart"required
refIdstringrequired
footnote
kind"story"required
storyType"footnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
endnote
kind"story"required
storyType"endnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
textbox
kind"story"required
storyType"textbox"required
textboxIdstringrequired
after
kind"after"required
targetBlockNodeAddressrequired
Fields
kind"block"required
nodeType"paragraph" | "heading" | "listItem" | "table" | "tableRow" | "tableCell" | "tableOfContents" | "image" | "sdt"required
nodeIdstringrequired
storyStoryLocator

Story scope. Defaults to document body when omitted. Use {kind:'story', storyType:'body'} for body, or other storyType values for headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes.

body
kind"story"required
storyType"body"required
headerFooterSlot
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterSlot"required
sectionSectionAddressrequired
headerFooterKind"header" | "footer"required
variant"default" | "first" | "even"required
resolution"effective" | "explicit"
onWrite"materializeIfInherited" | "editResolvedPart" | "error"
headerFooterPart
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterPart"required
refIdstringrequired
footnote
kind"story"required
storyType"footnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
endnote
kind"story"required
storyType"endnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
textbox
kind"story"required
storyType"textbox"required
textboxIdstringrequired
textstring

Heading text content.

Result

Output fields
true
successtruerequired
headingHeadingAddressrequired
Fields
kind"block"required
nodeType"heading"required
nodeIdstringrequired
storyStoryLocator

Story scope. Defaults to document body when omitted. Use {kind:'story', storyType:'body'} for body, or other storyType values for headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes.

body
kind"story"required
storyType"body"required
headerFooterSlot
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterSlot"required
sectionSectionAddressrequired
headerFooterKind"header" | "footer"required
variant"default" | "first" | "even"required
resolution"effective" | "explicit"
onWrite"materializeIfInherited" | "editResolvedPart" | "error"
headerFooterPart
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterPart"required
refIdstringrequired
footnote
kind"story"required
storyType"footnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
endnote
kind"story"required
storyType"endnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
textbox
kind"story"required
storyType"textbox"required
textboxIdstringrequired
insertionPointTextAddressrequired
Fields
kind"text"required
blockIdstringrequired
rangeRangerequired
Fields
startintegerrequired
endintegerrequired
storyStoryLocator

Story scope. Defaults to document body when omitted. Use {kind:'story', storyType:'body'} for body, or other storyType values for headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes.

body
kind"story"required
storyType"body"required
headerFooterSlot
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterSlot"required
sectionSectionAddressrequired
headerFooterKind"header" | "footer"required
variant"default" | "first" | "even"required
resolution"effective" | "explicit"
onWrite"materializeIfInherited" | "editResolvedPart" | "error"
headerFooterPart
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterPart"required
refIdstringrequired
footnote
kind"story"required
storyType"footnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
endnote
kind"story"required
storyType"endnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
textbox
kind"story"required
storyType"textbox"required
textboxIdstringrequired
trackedChangeRefsTrackedChangeAddress[]
refstring

Ref handle for the created block. Pass directly to superdoc_format or superdoc_edit ref param without searching.

false
successfalserequired
failureobjectrequired
Fields
code"INVALID_TARGET"required
messagestringrequired
detailsunknown

Failures

Pre-apply throws

  • TARGET_NOT_FOUND
  • CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE
  • INVALID_TARGET
6 more codes
  • AMBIGUOUS_TARGET
  • STORY_NOT_FOUND
  • STORY_MISMATCH
  • STORY_NOT_SUPPORTED
  • CROSS_STORY_PLAN
  • MATERIALIZATION_FAILED

Non-applied receipt codes

  • INVALID_TARGET

Raw schemas

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