---
title: "Create a draft registration based on your current project Node."
method: POST
path: "/nodes/{node_id}/draft_registrations/"
tags: ["Nodes"]
---

# Create a draft registration based on your current project Node.

`POST /nodes/{node_id}/draft_registrations/`

Initiate a draft registration of the current node.
Draft Registrations contain Registration questions that will become part of the Registration. A Registration is a frozen version of the project that can never be deleted, but can be withdrawn and have it's metadata edited.

Your original project remains editable but will now have the draft registration linked to it.
#### Permissions
Only project administrators may view create registrations.
#### Required
Required fields for creating a draft registration include:

    `schema_id`
#### Returns
Returns a JSON object with a `data` key containing the representation of the created draft registration, if the request is successful.

If the request is unsuccessful, an `errors` key containing information about the failure will be returned. Refer to the [list of error codes](#tag/Errors-and-Error-Codes) to understand why this request may have failed.

## Path parameters

- `node_id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `id` string, required — The unique identifier of the draft registration entity.
  - `type` string, required — The type identifier of the draft registration entity (`draft_registrations`).
  - `attributes` object, required — The properties of the Draft Registration entity.
    - `title` string — The title of the Draft Registration.
    - `description` string — The description of the Draft Registration.
    - `category` string — The category of the Draft Registration.
    - `tags` string[] — The searchable tags of the Draft Registration.
    - `node_license` object
      - `copyright_holders` string[] — A list of names of copyright holders for the license.
      - `year` integer — The year the copyright was made.
    - `current_user_permissions` string[] — The current users permission level for the Draft Registration.
    - `has_project` boolean — This indicates whether a Draft Registration was branched from a project.
    - `datetime_initiated` string, date-time — The time at which the draft registration was first initiated, as an iso8601 formatted timestamp.
    - `datetime_updated` string, date-time — The time at which the draft registration was last updated, as an iso8601 formatted timestamp.
    - `registration_metadata` object — This is a legacy format for `registration_responses`.
    - `registration_responses` object — A dictionary of question IDs and responses from the registration schema.
  - `relationships` object, required — URLs to other entities or entity collections that have a relationship to the draft registration entity.
    - `branched_from` string — A link to the node that this draft registration was created from.
    - `initiator` string — A link to the user who initiated the draft registration.
    - `registration_schema` string — A link to the detailed registration schema that this draft conforms to.
  - `links` object, required — URLs to alternative representations of the draft registration entity.
    - `html` string, URL, required — A link to the draft registration's page on the OSF.

## Response `201`

Created

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