---
title: "POST /v1/{+parent}/references"
method: POST
path: "/v1/{+parent}/references"
tags: ["organizations"]
---

# POST /v1/{+parent}/references

`POST /v1/{+parent}/references`

Creates a Reference in the specified environment.

## Path parameters

- `parent` string, required

## Request body

- GoogleCloudApigeeV1Reference — A Reference configuration. References must refer to a keystore that also exists in the parent environment.
  - `resourceType` string — The type of resource referred to by this reference. Valid values are 'KeyStore' or 'TrustStore'.
  - `name` string — Required. The resource id of this reference. Values must match the regular expression [\w\s\-.]+.
  - `description` string — Optional. A human-readable description of this reference.
  - `refers` string — Required. The id of the resource to which this reference refers. Must be the id of a resource that exists in the parent environment and is of the given resource_type.

## Response `200`

Successful response

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