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Impossible to create project via CLI?

May 22, 2026, 10:00

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LarsOriginal post

Web Developer

May 22, 2026, 09:20

Is it possible to create a new project via the appwrite CLI ?
I need to create a few projects for something I'm working on and because i don't want to do it manually I'd really want to do it via CLI, but while the login is easily doable the following command seems to fail:

appwrite init project --organization-id "organization-6a046a3c002c5e88804a" --project-id "test_project" --project-name "My New Project"

It always says that i don't have the permission to write projects, but I'm authenticated as the org-owner...

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Issue with creating project via CLI due to version compatibility. Downgrade CLI version to '@17' to avoid warnings and command failures. Higher versions may cause issues with missing routes.

Lars

Web Developer

May 22, 2026, 09:26

Okay i might be stupid af. i guess organization- doesn't need to be included looking at https://github.com/appwrite/sdk-for-cli/blob/540225f9c32bbc681f6bce4ce531cd6083961869/lib/commands/init.ts ...

Lars

Web Developer

May 22, 2026, 09:30

yep seems to no longer give me project.write errors, but now errors for the test_project as project-id ...

Lars

Web Developer

May 22, 2026, 09:34

even when doing it via cli...

? What ID would you like to have for your project? unique()
Warning: The current SDK is built for Appwrite 1.9.4. However, the current Appwrite server version is 1.9.0. Please downgrade your SDK to match the Appwrite version: https://appwrite.io/docs/sdks
AppwriteException: Invalid `projectId` param: UID must contain at most 36 chars. Valid chars are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and underscore. Can't start with a leading underscore
    at _Client.<anonymous> (/usr/local/share/nvm/versions/node/v24.14.0/lib/node_modules/appwrite-cli/dist/cli.cjs:105343:15)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at fulfilled (/usr/local/share/nvm/versions/node/v24.14.0/lib/node_modules/appwrite-cli/dist/cli.cjs:104531:24)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:104:5) {
  code: 400,
  type: 'general_argument_invalid',
  response: '{"message":"Invalid `projectId` param: UID must contain at most 36 chars. Valid chars are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and underscore. Can\'t start with a leading underscore","code":400,"type":"general_argument_invalid","version":"1.9.0"}'
}

Lars

Web Developer

May 22, 2026, 09:36

guess unique() doesn't work, but giving it a random uid myself does work

Guille

May 25, 2026, 17:37

what Appwrite and cli version are you using?

Chirag Aggarwal

May 26, 2026, 06:41

you might have to downgrade cli version

Ibaraki Douji

Rank 4: Virtual Machine

May 26, 2026, 07:08

self hosted cli is @17, any 17.x.x works, just if you use more recent versions you will get the Warning and maybe commands will fails due to changes

Lars

Rank 1: Thread

May 29, 2026, 07:42

Should've replied...
I in fact got it working with @17 anything higher will fail on at least one command as there are a few routes missing

Impossible to create project via CLI?

Need support?_