# Create a document

### URL

<mark style="color:green;">**POST**</mark> `https://api.complycube.com/v1/documents`

Creates a new document.

### Headers

<table><thead><tr><th width="245">Name</th><th width="97">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>Content-Type</code><mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>string</td><td>The content-type must always be set to <code>application/json</code>.</td></tr><tr><td><code>Authorization</code><mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>string</td><td>The API <strong><code>live</code></strong> or <strong><code>test</code></strong> key.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Body

<table><thead><tr><th width="245">Name</th><th width="97">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>clientId</code><mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>string</td><td>The ID of the client associated with this document.</td></tr><tr><td><code>type</code><mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>string</td><td>The type of document. Valid values include:<br>1. <code>passport</code><br>2. <code>driving_license</code><br>3. <code>national_insurance_number</code><br>4. <code>social_security_number</code><br>5. <code>tax_identification_number</code><br>6. <code>utility_bill</code><br>7. <code>national_identity_card</code><br>8. <code>visa</code><br>9. <code>polling_card</code><br>10. <code>residence_permit</code><br>11. <code>birth_certificate</code><br>12. <code>bank_statement</code><br>13. <code>change_of_name</code><br>14. <code>tax_document</code><br>15. <code>company_confirmation_statement</code><br>16. <code>company_annual_accounts</code><br>17. <code>company_statement_of_capital</code><br>18. <code>company_change_of_address</code><br>19. <code>company_incorporation</code><br>20. <code>company_change_of_officers</code><br>21. <code>company_change_of_beneficial_owners</code><br>22. <code>unknown</code><br>23. <code>other</code></td></tr><tr><td><code>documentNumber</code></td><td>string</td><td>The document's number.</td></tr><tr><td><code>classification</code></td><td>string</td><td>The classification or purpose of this document. Valid values include:<br>1. <code>proof_of_identity</code><br>2. <code>source_of_wealth</code><br>3. <code>source_of_funds</code><br>4. <code>proof_of_address</code><br>5. <code>company_filing</code><br>6. <code>other</code></td></tr><tr><td><code>issuingCountry</code></td><td>string</td><td>The document's issuing country. This will be the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2">two-letter country ISO code</a>.</td></tr><tr><td><code>issuingState</code></td><td>string</td><td>The state that issued the document. This must be the <a href="https://pe.usps.com/text/pub28/28apb.htm">state's USPS abbreviation</a> (e.g. <code>NY</code>, <code>CA</code>, or <code>DE</code>).</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Example request

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.complycube.com/v1/documents \
     -H 'Authorization: <YOUR_API_KEY>' \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d '{
          	"clientId":"5eb1276d96be4a0008713af5",
          	"type": "driving_license",
          	"classification": "proof_of_identity",
          	"issuingCountry": "GB" 
        }'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Node.js" %}

```javascript
const { ComplyCube } = require("@complycube/api");

const complycube = new ComplyCube({ apiKey: "<YOUR_API_KEY>" });

const document = await complycube.document.create("CLIENT_ID", {
    type: "driving_license",
    classification: "proof_of_identity",
    issuingCountry: "GB"
});
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
from complycube import ComplyCubeClient
cc_api = ComplyCubeClient(api_key='<YOUR_API_KEY>')

new_document = {
    'type': 'driving_license',
    'classification': 'proof_of_identity',
    'issuingCountry': 'GB'
}

doc = cc_api.documents.create('CLIENT_ID', **new_document)
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
use ComplyCube\ComplyCubeClient;

$ccapi = new ComplyCubeClient('<YOUR_API_KEY>');

$doc = $ccapi->documents()->create('CLIENT_ID', ['type' => 'passport']);
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title=".NET" %}

```csharp
using ComplyCube.Net;
using ComplyCube.Net.Resources.Documents;

var docApi = new DocumentApi(new ComplyCubeClient("<YOUR_API_KEY>"));

var docRequest = new DocumentRequest {
  clientId = "CLIENT_ID",
  type = "passport",
  classification = "proof_of_identity",
  issuingCountry = "GB"
};

var document = await docApi.CreateAsync(docRequest);
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Example responses

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Success (200)" %}

```json
{
    "id": "5eb158880c19580007310f22",
    "clientId": "5eb1276d96be4a0008713af5",
    "type": "driving_license",
    "classification": "proof_of_identity",
    "issuingCountry": "GB",
    "createdAt": "2020-01-04T17:24:29.146Z",
    "updatedAt": "2020-01-04T17:24:29.146Z"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Invalid Request (400)" %}

```json
{
    "type": "invalid_request",
    "message": "'classification' should be equal to one of the allowed values: proof_of_identity,source_of_wealth,source_of_funds,proof_of_address,company_filing,other",
    "param": "classification"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Resource Not Found (404)" %}

```json
{
    "type": "resource_not_found",
    "message": "Invalid client id '5eb1276d96be4a0008713af2'"
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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