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# Create block
 Creates a new block based on an existing block



`Function CreateBlock(Val Token, Val Parent, Val Block, Val InsertAfter = "") Export`

  | Parameter | CLI option | Type | Description |
  |-|-|-|-|
  | Token | --token | String | Token |
  | Parent | --page | String | Parent block or page ID |
  | Block | --block | String, Map Of KeyAndValue | Block ID or block sample itself |
  | InsertAfter | --prev | String | Block ID after which to insert the new one |

  
  Returns:  Map Of KeyAndValue - Serialized JSON response from Notion

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```bsl title="Code example"
  
  Token = "secret_9RsfMrRMqZwqp0Zl0B...";
  Parent = "5dd94c34fab04bff9...";
  
  Block = OPI_Notion.ReturnBlock(Token, "ca18df269bd24407852b91c30e..."); //Block as map. Can be changed.
  
  Response = OPI_Notion.CreateBlock(Token, Parent, Block);
  Response = OPI_Notion.CreateBlock(Token, Parent, "46c1500ed40c4e89ba6a229003...");
  Response = OPI_Notion.CreateBlock(Token, Parent, "aa4137d4c8cc445d9f969c3968...");
  Response = OPI_Tools.JSONString(Response);
```



```sh title="CLI command example"
    
  oint notion CreateBlock --token "secret_9RsfMrRMqZwqp0Zl0B..." --page "5dd94c34fab04bff9..." --block %block% --prev %prev%

```

```json title="Result"
{
  "request_id": "4de46f5b-d38b-4df5-b26e-32127db1096b",
  "block": {},
  "type": "block",
  "has_more": false,
  "next_cursor": null,
  "results": [
  {
  "type": "numbered_list_item",
  "archived": false,
  "created_by": {
  "id": "8b07422e-eeea-40d1-8d5e-c784211825b0",
  "object": "user"
  },
  "last_edited_time": "2024-01-26T17:11:00.000Z",
  "created_time": "2024-01-26T17:11:00.000Z",
  "has_children": false,
  "parent": {
  "page_id": "5dd94c34-fab0-4bff-986b-7511c0779f77",
  "type": "page_id"
  },
  "last_edited_by": {
  "id": "8b07422e-eeea-40d1-8d5e-c784211825b0",
  "object": "user"
  },
  "id": "b147fabd-53ea-42d5-bd23-85968f627f88",
  "numbered_list_item": {
  "color": "default",
  "rich_text": [
  {
  "plain_text": "Description",
  "annotations": {
  "color": "default",
  "code": false,
  "underline": false,
  "strikethrough": false,
  "italic": false,
  "bold": false
  },
  "text": {
  "link": null,
  "content": "Description"
  },
  "href": null,
  "type": "text"
  }
  ]
  },
  "object": "block"
  }
  ],
  "object": "list"
  }
```
