# API route collides with an existing API

**URL:** <https://discuss.konghq.com/t/api-route-collides-with-an-existing-api/3441>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [May 3, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/api-route-collides-with-an-existing-api/3441 "2019-05-03T19:08:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![matt.miller](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/matt.miller/32/982_2.png) [@matt.miller](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/matt.miller)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/api-route-collides-with-an-existing-api/3441/1 "2019-05-03T19:08:16Z")

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Kong Enterprise 0.34

The default workspace has a route with the path “/base”.

I’m trying to create a route in “Test” workspace like “/base/foo”:  
http --ignore-stdin post [https://kong-admin-api/Test/routes](https://kong-admin-api/Test/routes) "Kong-Admin-Token: ‘paths[]=/base/foo’ service.id=abc123 -f

This results in “HTTP 409 Conflict”:  
{  
“message”: “API route collides with an existing API”  
}

My understanding is that Kong should allow “/base” and “/base/foo” routes to exist at the same time.

Is my understanding wrong?

Thanks,  
Matt

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**Author:** ![shashiranjan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/shashiranjan/32/32_2.png) [@shashiranjan](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/shashiranjan)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/api-route-collides-with-an-existing-api/3441/2 "2019-05-04T17:50:40Z")

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Hi @matt.miller,

Workspace implementation comes with some restrictions how routes can be created. Here is the guide [https://docs.konghq.com/enterprise/0.34-x/workspaces/examples/#important-note-conflicting-apis-or-routes-in-workspaces](https://docs.konghq.com/enterprise/0.34-x/workspaces/examples/#important-note-conflicting-apis-or-routes-in-workspaces).