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# Create a List

Create publication and suppression lists in Marketing Cloud Engagement by using SOAP API.

The returned List object includes a populated ID variable, which you can use in future calls.

```xml
<s:Envelope
  xmlns:s="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"
  xmlns:a="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing"
  xmlns:u="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">
  <s:Header>
    <a:Action s:mustUnderstand="1">Create</a:Action>
    <a:To s:mustUnderstand="1">https://YOUR_SUBDOMAIN.soap.marketingcloudapis.com/Service.asmx</a:To>
    <fueloauth xmlns="http://exacttarget.com">YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN</fueloauth>
  </s:Header>
  <s:Body
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    <CreateRequest xmlns="http://exacttarget.com/wsdl/partnerAPI">
      <Options></Options>
      <Objects xsi:type="List">
        <ListName>Test_List_Public_1</ListName>
        <Type>Public</Type>
      </Objects>
    </CreateRequest>
  </s:Body>
</s:Envelope>
```

## See Also

- [Publication Lists](https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=mktg.mc_es_publication_lists.htm)
- [Suppression Lists](https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=mktg.mc_es_suppression_lists.htm)
- [Send Classification](https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=mktg.mc_es_send_classifications.htm)
- [Create Method](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/create.md)
- [Get Started with the SOAP API](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/getting_started_developers_and_the_exacttarget_api.md)