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# Create an invite

POST https://app.mk.io/api/v1/organization/invites
Content-Type: application/json

This endpoint allows you to create a new invitation which will grant a user access to this organization's resources within MK.IO.

You can include a comment which will be visible against this user's record when they accept the invitation, e.g. "Contractor for project Delphi".

RBAC Capability Required: `core.invite.create`

Reference: https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/mkio/api/management/user-management/create-invite

## Authentication

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

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an InvitePostSchema.

- `spec` (InviteSpecSchema, required) — Specification

## Response

### 201

OK

- `spec` (InviteSpecSchema, required) — Specification
- `kind` (string, optional) — The kind of record.
- `metadata` (InviteMetadataSchema, optional) — Metadata

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 404 Not Found Error

Not Found

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 409 Conflict Error

Conflict

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Too Many Requests

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

## Types

### InviteSpecSchema

- `comment` (string, required) — Comment to explain why the user has been invited to collaborate with your organization
- `email` (string, required) — Email of the user to be invited
- `invitedByEmail` (string, required) — Contact email of user who made the invite
- `invitedByName` (string, required) — Name of user who made the invite
- `organizationName` (string, required) — Name of the organization the invite refers to
- `teams` (list of string, optional) — List of team names to add this user to when they accept.

### InviteMetadataSchema

- `id` (string, required) — The ID of the resource
- `created` (datetime, optional) — The time when the resource was created

### ErrorDetail

- `code` (string, required) — The error code.
- `detail` (string, required) — The error message.
- `extraDetail` (map from string to any, optional) — Extra information regarding this error.

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "spec": {
    "comment": "string",
    "email": "string"
  }
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "spec": {
    "comment": "string",
    "email": "string",
    "invitedByEmail": "string",
    "invitedByName": "string",
    "organizationName": "string",
    "teams": [
      "string"
    ]
  },
  "kind": "string",
  "metadata": {
    "id": "string",
    "created": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://app.mk.io/api/v1/organization/invites"

payload = { "spec": {
        "comment": "string",
        "email": "string"
    } }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://app.mk.io/api/v1/organization/invites';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"spec":{"comment":"string","email":"string"}}'
};

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://app.mk.io/api/v1/organization/invites"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"spec\": {\n    \"comment\": \"string\",\n    \"email\": \"string\"\n  }\n}")

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

	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://app.mk.io/api/v1/organization/invites")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"spec\": {\n    \"comment\": \"string\",\n    \"email\": \"string\"\n  }\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://app.mk.io/api/v1/organization/invites")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"spec\": {\n    \"comment\": \"string\",\n    \"email\": \"string\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://app.mk.io/api/v1/organization/invites', [
  'body' => '{
  "spec": {
    "comment": "string",
    "email": "string"
  }
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://app.mk.io/api/v1/organization/invites");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"spec\": {\n    \"comment\": \"string\",\n    \"email\": \"string\"\n  }\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["spec": [
    "comment": "string",
    "email": "string"
  ]] as [String : Any]

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

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://app.mk.io/api/v1/organization/invites")! 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()
```