---
title: "Trigger storage commitment request"
method: POST
path: "/modalities/{id}/storage-commitment"
tags: ["Networking"]
---

# Trigger storage commitment request

`POST /modalities/{id}/storage-commitment`

Trigger a storage commitment request to some remote DICOM modality whose identifier is provided in the URL: https://book.orthanc-server.com/users/storage-commitment.html#storage-commitment-scu

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `DicomInstances` object[] — List of DICOM resources that are not necessarily stored within Orthanc, but that must be checked by storage commitment. This is a list of JSON objects that must contain the `SOPClassUID` and `SOPInstanceUID` fields.
  - `Resources` string[] — List of the Orthanc identifiers of the DICOM resources to be checked by storage commitment
  - `Timeout` number — Timeout for the storage commitment command (new in Orthanc 1.9.1)

## Response `200`

- object
  - `ID` object — Identifier of the storage commitment report, to be used with `/storage-commitment/{id}`
  - `Path` object — Root path to the storage commitment report in the REST API

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