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# Create a project

POST https://api.sandbox.monite.com/v1/projects
Content-Type: application/json

Create a new project.

Reference: https://docs.monite.com/api/projects/post-projects

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Servers

- `https://api.sandbox.monite.com/v1` (sandbox, default)
- `https://api.monite.com/v1` (eu_production)
- `https://us.api.monite.com/v1` (na_production)

## Request

### Headers

- `x-monite-version` (string, required)
- `x-monite-entity-id` (string, required) — The ID of the entity that owns the requested resource.

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `name` (string, required) — The project name.
- `code` (string, optional) — Project code
- `color` (string, optional) — Project color
- `description` (string, optional) — Description of project
- `end_date` (string, optional) — Project end date
- `parent_id` (string, optional) — Parent project ID
- `partner_metadata` (map from string to any, optional) — Project metadata
- `start_date` (string, optional) — Project start date
- `tag_ids` (list of string, optional) — A list of IDs of user-defined tags (labels) assigned to this project.

## Response

### 201

Successful Response

- `id` (string, required) — A unique ID assigned to this project.
- `created_at` (datetime, required) — Project created at
- `updated_at` (datetime, required) — Last time project was updated at
- `entity_id` (string, required) — The ID of the entity to which the project was issued.
- `name` (string, required) — The project name.
- `code` (string, optional) — Project code
- `color` (string, optional) — Project color
- `created_by_entity_user_id` (string, optional) — Project created by entity user
- `description` (string, optional) — Description of project
- `end_date` (string, optional) — Project end date
- `parent_id` (string, optional) — Parent project ID
- `partner_metadata` (map from string to any, optional) — Project metadata
- `start_date` (string, optional) — Project start date
- `tags` (list of TagReadSchema, optional) — A list of user-defined tags (labels) assigned to this project.

## Errors

### 400 Post Projects Request Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `error` (ErrorSchema2, required)

### 401 Post Projects Request Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `error` (ErrorSchema2, required)

### 403 Post Projects Request Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `error` (ErrorSchema2, required)

### 422 Post Projects Request Unprocessable Entity Error

Validation Error

- `detail` (list of ValidationError, optional)

### 500 Post Projects Request Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

- `error` (ErrorSchema2, required)

## Types

### TagReadSchema

Represents a user-defined tag that can be assigned to resources to filter them.

- `id` (string, required) — A unique ID of this tag.
- `created_at` (datetime, required) — Date and time when the tag was created. Timestamps follow the [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) standard.
- `updated_at` (datetime, required) — Date and time when the tag was last updated. Timestamps follow the [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) standard.
- `name` (string, required) — The tag name.
- `category` (enum, optional) — The tag category.
  - Allowed values: `document_type`, `department`, `project`, `cost_center`, `vendor_type`, `payment_method`, `approval_status`
- `created_by_entity_user_id` (string, optional) — ID of the user who created the tag.
- `description` (string, optional) — The tag description.

### ErrorSchema2

- `message` (string, required)

### ValidationError

- `loc` (list of ValidationErrorLocItem, required)
- `msg` (string, required)
- `type` (string, required)

### ValidationErrorLocItem

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "name": "Marketing"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "id",
  "created_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "entity_id": "entity_id",
  "name": "Marketing",
  "code": "code",
  "color": "color",
  "created_by_entity_user_id": "created_by_entity_user_id",
  "description": "description",
  "end_date": "end_date",
  "parent_id": "parent_id",
  "partner_metadata": {
    "key": "value"
  },
  "start_date": "start_date",
  "tags": [
    {
      "id": "ea837e28-509b-4b6a-a600-d54b6aa0b1f5",
      "created_at": "2022-09-07T16:35:18Z",
      "updated_at": "2022-09-07T16:35:18Z",
      "name": "Marketing",
      "category": "document_type",
      "created_by_entity_user_id": "ea837e28-509b-4b6a-a600-d54b6aa0b1f5",
      "description": "Tag for the Marketing Department"
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.sandbox.monite.com/v1/projects"

payload = { "name": "Marketing" }
headers = {
    "x-monite-version": "2024-01-31",
    "x-monite-entity-id": "9d2b4c8f-2087-4738-ba91-7359683c49a4",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.sandbox.monite.com/v1/projects';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-monite-version': '2024-01-31',
    'x-monite-entity-id': '9d2b4c8f-2087-4738-ba91-7359683c49a4',
    Authorization: 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: '{"name":"Marketing"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.sandbox.monite.com/v1/projects"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"Marketing\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("x-monite-version", "2024-01-31")
	req.Header.Add("x-monite-entity-id", "9d2b4c8f-2087-4738-ba91-7359683c49a4")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.sandbox.monite.com/v1/projects")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-monite-version"] = '2024-01-31'
request["x-monite-entity-id"] = '9d2b4c8f-2087-4738-ba91-7359683c49a4'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"Marketing\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.sandbox.monite.com/v1/projects")
  .header("x-monite-version", "2024-01-31")
  .header("x-monite-entity-id", "9d2b4c8f-2087-4738-ba91-7359683c49a4")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"Marketing\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.sandbox.monite.com/v1/projects', [
  'body' => '{
  "name": "Marketing"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'x-monite-entity-id' => '9d2b4c8f-2087-4738-ba91-7359683c49a4',
    'x-monite-version' => '2024-01-31',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.sandbox.monite.com/v1/projects");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("x-monite-version", "2024-01-31");
request.AddHeader("x-monite-entity-id", "9d2b4c8f-2087-4738-ba91-7359683c49a4");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"name\": \"Marketing\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "x-monite-version": "2024-01-31",
  "x-monite-entity-id": "9d2b4c8f-2087-4738-ba91-7359683c49a4",
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["name": "Marketing"] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.sandbox.monite.com/v1/projects")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```