# General Translation Platform: Generate translation context
URL: https://generaltranslation.com/en-US/docs/platform/openapi/reference/context/generate-context.mdx
Docs index: https://generaltranslation.com/llms.txt
Description: Generate glossaries and translation instructions for the project. API reference for Generate translation context.

## Endpoint

`POST https://api.gtx.dev/v2/project/setup/generate`

**Operation ID:** `generateProjectContext`

**Tags:** `Context`

**Summary:** Generate translation context

Generate glossaries and translation instructions for the project.

Authentication: required. Send an API key in the `Authorization: Bearer <key>` header when authenticating.

### Parameters

- `gt-api-version` (header, "2025-01-01.v0" | "2025-11-03.v1" | "2026-02-18.v1" | "2026-03-06.v1", optional): API contract version. Defaults to the oldest supported version.
- `gt-project-id` (header, string, optional): Target project ID when no project ID is present in the path. Project API keys default to their bound project. If supplied, the header must match both the path target and the key’s bound project.

### Request body (required)

Body (`application/json`, object):
- `files` (object[], required)
  - `branchId` (string)
  - `fileId` (string, required)
  - `versionId` (string, required)
- `locales` (string[])
- `force` (boolean) Default: `false`.

### Responses

**200**: Context generation status
Response body (`application/json`, object | object):

**400**: Request error
Response body (`application/json`, object):
- `error` (string, required)

Response body (`text/html`, string):

**401**: Request error
Response body (`application/json`, object):
- `error` (string, required)

Response body (`text/html`, string):

**403**: Request error
Response body (`application/json`, object):
- `error` (string, required)

Response body (`text/html`, string):

**404**: Request error
Response body (`application/json`, object):
- `error` (string, required)

Response body (`text/html`, string):

**413**: Request error
Response body (`application/json`, object):
- `error` (string, required)

Response body (`text/html`, string):

**429**: Request error
Response body (`application/json`, object):
- `error` (string, required)

Response body (`text/html`, string):

**500**: Request error
Response body (`application/json`, object):
- `error` (string, required)

Response body (`text/html`, string):

Complete OpenAPI 3.1 specification: https://generaltranslation.com/openapi.yaml

OpenAPI schema: [openapi.json](https://generaltranslation.com/openapi.json)

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