name : create-stage.rst **To create a stage** The following ``create-stage`` example creates a stage named `dev` for an API. :: aws apigatewayv2 create-stage \ --api-id a1b2c3d4 \ --stage-name dev Output:: { "CreatedDate": "2020-04-06T23:23:46Z", "DefaultRouteSettings": { "DetailedMetricsEnabled": false }, "LastUpdatedDate": "2020-04-06T23:23:46Z", "RouteSettings": {}, "StageName": "dev", "StageVariables": {}, "Tags": {} } For more information, see `Working with stages for HTTP APIs <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/http-api-stages.html>`__ in the *Amazon API Gateway Developer Guide*.