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# Create a Channel for a Change Event

Create a channel that holds a stream of change data capture events.

### Required Editions

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1. Send a POST request to this URI.
    
    ```
    /services/data/v65.0/tooling/sobjects/PlatformEventChannel
    ```
2. If you’re using Postman, expand **Event Platform** | **Custom Channels** | **Platform Event**, and click **Create channel**.
3. To configure a channel that receives change event messages, set `channelType` to `data`. The channel `label` appears in the event relays UI. Use this example request body. In Postman, click **Body**, and replace the body with this JSON body.
    
    ```
    {
      "FullName": "Account_Channel__chn",
      "Metadata": {
         "channelType": "data",
         "label": "Account Channel"
     }
    }
    ```
4. Send the request. The response received looks similar to this response.
    
    ```
    {
      "id": "0YLRM00000001fR4AQ",
      "success": true,
      "errors": [],
      "warnings": [],
      "infos": []
    }
    ```

Now that you created a channel for change events, add a channel member for one change event. See [Add a Change Event in a New Channel Member](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.ev_relay_create_channel_member_cdc.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "To add a change event to the channel that you created, add a channel member.").

#### See Also

- [_Tooling API Developer Guide_: PlatformEventChannel](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling/tooling_api_objects_platformeventchannel.htm)
- [_Metadata API Developer Guide_: PlatformEventChannel](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_meta.meta/api_meta/meta_platformeventchannel.htm)