# Headless REST API for Managing Collections / Asset Lists (CRUD & Criteria)

**URL:** <https://discuss.liferay.com/t/headless-rest-api-for-managing-collections-asset-lists-crud-criteria/1075>\
**Category:** Product Ideas\
**Created:** [October 18, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://discuss.liferay.com/t/headless-rest-api-for-managing-collections-asset-lists-crud-criteria/1075 "2026-10-18T18:48:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://discuss.liferay.com/t/headless-rest-api-for-managing-collections-asset-lists-crud-criteria/1075/1 "2026-10-18T18:48:35Z")

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**What is the problem you are trying to solve?**

Modern Liferay provides comprehensive REST APIs for virtually all Headless CMS building blocks: Spaces/Depots, Content Structures, Site Pages, Taxonomies, and Documents  
can all be managed completely headlessly. However, Collections (Asset Lists) remain a major missing piece: there is currently no Headless management API to create or configure collections (either manual asset lists or dynamic criteria collections). As a result, any organization looking to automate their digital experience via external CI/CD pipelines, orchestrators, or AI integrations is blocked and must resort to manual clicks in the Liferay UI.

**What is your project about? (e. g. Intranet, Partner Portal, Enterprise Website, etc)**

It will be a benefit for all types of projects

**What is your proposed solution? (optional)**

Expose endpoints under the headless admin suite (e.g., headless-admin-asset-list or similar) to:

- Create, update, and delete Collections.
- Set criteria rules (Object type, connected Spaces/Depots, taxonomy filters).
- Query existing collections and their configurations