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# Create a new project

POST http://localhost:3000/automation-studio/projects
Content-Type: application/json

Creates a new project.

Reference: https://docs-test.itntl.com/itential-platform/6/api-reference/automation-studio/create-project

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — Basic authentication of the form `Basic <base64(username:password)>`.

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an automation-studio_projects-create-data.

- `name` (string, required) — Project name
- `description` (string, optional) — A free-form block of text for describing project intent and function
- `components` (list of AutomationStudioProjectsCreateDataComponentsItems, optional) — A list of member components in the project

## Response

### 200

Create result

- `message` (string, optional)
- `data` (automation-studio_projects-http, optional, nullable) — Project data as it is sent back from get and search endpoints
- `metadata` (AutomationStudioProjectsPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaMetadata, optional)

## Errors

### 500 Internal Server Error

Error response from API

- `any`

## Types

### AutomationStudioProjectsCreateDataComponentsItems

An IAP component which resides within a project

- `iid` (integer, optional) — Incrementing integer ID
- `type` (enum, optional) — String denoting the type of component
  - Allowed values: `workflow`, `jsonForm`, `mopAnalyticTemplate`, `mopCommandTemplate`, `template`, `transformation`
- `reference` (string, optional)
- `folder` (string, optional)

### automation-studio_projects-http

Project data as it is sent back from get and search endpoints

- `_id` (string, optional) — A string representation of a MongoDB ObjectId
- `iid` (integer, optional) — Incrementing integer ID
- `name` (string, optional) — Project name
- `description` (string, optional) — A free-form block of text for describing project intent and function
- `members` (list of AutomationStudioProjectsHttpMembersItems, optional)
- `accessControl` (AutomationStudioProjectsHttpAccessControl, optional)
- `componentIidIndex` (integer, optional) — Read-only property providing incrementing integer ID values for child components within a project
- `components` (list of AutomationStudioProjectsHttpComponentsItems, optional) — A list of member components in the project
- `folders` (list of AutomationStudioProjectsHttpFoldersItems, optional) — A list of folders and their members
- `created` (string, optional) — ISO Date String
- `createdBy` (any, optional)
- `lastUpdated` (string, optional) — ISO Date String
- `lastUpdatedBy` (any, optional)
- `versionHistory` (list of AutomationStudioProjectsHttpVersionHistoryItems, optional)
- `gitConfiguration` (AutomationStudioProjectsHttpGitConfiguration, optional)

### AutomationStudioProjectsPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaMetadata

### AutomationStudioProjectsHttpMembersItems

- `type` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `account`, `group`
- `reference` (string, required) — A string representation of a MongoDB ObjectId
- `role` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `owner`, `editor`, `operator`, `viewer`
- `missing` (boolean, optional)
- `username` (string, optional)
- `name` (string, optional)
- `provenance` (string, optional)

### AutomationStudioProjectsHttpAccessControl

- `read` (list of string, required)
- `execute` (list of string, required)
- `write` (list of string, required)
- `manage` (list of string, required)

### AutomationStudioProjectsHttpComponentsItems

An IAP component which resides within a project

- `iid` (integer, optional) — Incrementing integer ID
- `type` (enum, optional) — String denoting the type of component
  - Allowed values: `workflow`, `jsonForm`, `mopAnalyticTemplate`, `mopCommandTemplate`, `template`, `transformation`
- `reference` (string, optional)
- `folder` (string, optional)

### AutomationStudioProjectsHttpFoldersItems

### AutomationStudioProjectsHttpVersionHistoryItems

- `versionNumber` (integer, required)
- `commitMessage` (string, required)
- `author` (string, required)
- `branchName` (string, required)

### AutomationStudioProjectsHttpGitConfiguration

- `connectionType` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `GitHub`, `GitLab`
- `repositoryPath` (string, required)
- `branchName` (string, required)
- `projectPath` (string, required)

### AutomationStudioProjectsHttpFoldersItems0

- `nodeType` (enum, required) — String denoting the nodeType of the folder node
  - Allowed values: `folder`, `component`
- `name` (string, required) — Folder name
- `children` (list of AutomationStudioProjectsHttpFoldersItemsOneOf0ChildrenItems, required)

### AutomationStudioProjectsHttpFoldersItems1

- `iid` (integer, required) — Incrementing integer ID
- `nodeType` (enum, required) — String denoting the nodeType of the folder node
  - Allowed values: `folder`, `component`
- `type` (enum, optional) — String denoting the type of component
  - Allowed values: `workflow`, `jsonForm`, `mopAnalyticTemplate`, `mopCommandTemplate`, `template`, `transformation`
- `reference` (string, optional)

### AutomationStudioProjectsHttpFoldersItemsOneOf0ChildrenItems

### AutomationStudioProjectsHttpFoldersItemsOneOf0ChildrenItems1

- `iid` (integer, required) — Incrementing integer ID
- `nodeType` (enum, required) — String denoting the nodeType of the folder node
  - Allowed values: `folder`, `component`
- `type` (enum, optional) — String denoting the type of component
  - Allowed values: `workflow`, `jsonForm`, `mopAnalyticTemplate`, `mopCommandTemplate`, `template`, `transformation`
- `reference` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "name": "Firewall Service Provisioning"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "message": "string",
  "data": null,
  "metadata": {}
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "http://localhost:3000/automation-studio/projects"

payload = { "name": "Firewall Service Provisioning" }
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'http://localhost:3000/automation-studio/projects';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"name":"Firewall Service Provisioning"}'
};

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 := "http://localhost:3000/automation-studio/projects"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"Firewall Service Provisioning\"\n}")

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

	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("http://localhost:3000/automation-studio/projects")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"Firewall Service Provisioning\"\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("http://localhost:3000/automation-studio/projects")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"Firewall Service Provisioning\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'http://localhost:3000/automation-studio/projects', [
  'body' => '{
  "name": "Firewall Service Provisioning"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("http://localhost:3000/automation-studio/projects");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"name\": \"Firewall Service Provisioning\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Content-Type": "application/json"]
let parameters = ["name": "Firewall Service Provisioning"] as [String : Any]

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

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:3000/automation-studio/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()
```