---
title: "Create stage"
method: POST
path: "/api/stages"
tags: ["Stages"]
---

# Create stage

`POST /api/stages`

Creates a new workflow stage. Stage name is required, max length is 50, and must be unique within the subscriber. Invalid or duplicate names return 422.

### Validation & Requirements
#### Required Parameters
- `payload` (body, object)

#### Required JSON Body Fields
- None

#### Validations
- Invalid GUID values in `*Guid`/`*Guids` fields return `422 Unprocessable Entity`.
- Invalid date values in `*date*` fields return `422 Unprocessable Entity`.
- Missing required request body returns `422 Unprocessable Entity` with `Missing request body.`.
- Additional business-rule validation may return `422` with details in the `errors` array.

## Request body

- CreateStageRequest
  - `name` string, nullable

## Response `200`

- LinkedResponseOfCreateStageResponse
  - `value` CreateStageResponse
    - `id` integer
  - `warnings` string[], nullable
  - `links` Link[], nullable
    - `href` string, nullable
    - `rel` string, nullable
    - `method` string, nullable

## Other responses

- `404`
- `422`

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