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

# POST /v1/{+parent}/entryLinks

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

Creates an Entry Link.

## Path parameters

- `parent` string, required

## Query parameters

- `entryLinkId` string

## Request body

- GoogleCloudDataplexV1EntryLink — EntryLink represents a link between two Entries.
  - `name` string — Output only. Immutable. Identifier. The relative resource name of the Entry Link, of the form: projects/{project_id_or_number}/locations/{location_id}/entryGroups/{entry_group_id}/entryLinks/{entry_link_id}
  - `entryReferences` GoogleCloudDataplexV1EntryLinkEntryReference[] — Required. Immutable. Specifies the Entries referenced in the Entry Link. There should be exactly two entry references.
    - `name` string — Required. Immutable. The relative resource name of the referenced Entry, of the form: projects/{project_id_or_number}/locations/{location_id}/entryGroups/{entry_group_id}/entries/{entry_id}
    - `type` 'UNSPECIFIED' | 'SOURCE' | 'TARGET' — Required. Immutable. The reference type of the Entry.
    - `path` string — Immutable. The path in the Entry that is referenced in the Entry Link. Empty path denotes that the Entry itself is referenced in the Entry Link.
  - `createTime` string, google-datetime — Output only. The time when the Entry Link was created.
  - `aspects` object — Optional. The aspects that are attached to the entry link. The format of the aspect key has to be the following: {project_id_or_number}.{location_id}.{aspect_type_id} Currently, only a single aspect of a Dataplex-owned Aspect Type is allowed.
  - `entryLinkType` string — Required. Immutable. Relative resource name of the Entry Link Type used to create this Entry Link. For example: Entry link between synonym terms in a glossary: projects/dataplex-types/locations/global/entryLinkTypes/synonym Entry link between related terms in a glossary: projects/dataplex-types/locations/global/entryLinkTypes/related Entry link between glossary terms and data assets: projects/dataplex-types/locations/global/entryLinkTypes/definition
  - `updateTime` string, google-datetime — Output only. The time when the Entry Link was last updated.

## Response `200`

Successful response

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