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# Creates a new automation for a given project template.

POST https://api.awork.com/api/v1/projecttemplates/{projectTemplateId}/automations
Content-Type: application/json

Creates a new automation of the project template with the specified id.The user must be an admin or have `project-manage-config:write` permissions.

Reference: https://developers.awork.com/apiv1/project-template-automations/post-project-template-automation

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `projectTemplateId` (string, required) — The id of the project template.

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an AutomationTriggerForm.

- `type` (string, required) — The type of the trigger.
- `values` (list of AutomationTriggerValueForm, optional, nullable) — The values of the trigger.

## Response

### 200

OK

- `id` (string, optional) — The id of the automation.
- `createdBy` (string, optional) — The id of the user who created the automation.
- `createdOn` (string, optional) — The date the automation was created.
- `updatedBy` (string, optional) — The id of the user who updated the automation.
- `updatedOn` (string, optional) — The date the automation was updated.
- `triggerId` (string, optional) — The id of the trigger which is related to the automation.
- `trigger` (Trigger, optional)
- `enabled` (boolean, optional) — Whether the automation is enabled.
- `state` (string, optional, nullable) — The state of the automation. See AutomationsService.DAL.Models.AutomationState for the possible values.
- `createdByProjectTemplate` (boolean, optional) — Whether the automation was created from an automation template of a project template.
- `projectId` (string, optional, nullable) — The id of the project which is related to the automation.
- `projectTemplateId` (string, optional, nullable) — The id of the project template which is related to the automation.
- `actions` (list of Action, optional, nullable) — The actions which is related to the automation.
- `workflowId` (string, optional, nullable) — The workflow this automation belongs to, if any.
- `createdByAutomationIdFromWorkflow` (string, optional, nullable) — The id of the workflow automation that served as the template for this automation.
- `failed` (ErrorResponse, optional) — The API error response.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `code` (string, required) — The error code.
- `description` (string, required) — The description of the error.
- `link` (string, required) — The link to the API documentation page.
- `details` (list of string, optional, nullable) — A list of details describing the error.
- `validationErrors` (list of ValidationErrorResponse, optional, nullable) — If a validation error occurred, this contains the validation errors for each property.
- `traceId` (string, optional, nullable) — The request trace id for tracking the request.

## Types

### AutomationTriggerValueForm

- `name` (string, required) — The name of the trigger value.
- `value` (any, required) — The value of the trigger value.

### Trigger

- `updatedOn` (string, optional) — The date the trigger was updated.
- `type` (string, optional, nullable) — The type of the trigger.
- `values` (list of TriggerValue, optional, nullable) — The values of the trigger.

### Action

- `id` (string, optional) — The id of the action.
- `createdBy` (string, optional) — The id of the user who created the action.
- `createdOn` (string, optional) — The date the action was created.
- `updatedBy` (string, optional) — The id of the user who updated the action.
- `updatedOn` (string, optional) — The date the action was updated.
- `type` (string, optional, nullable) — The type of the action.
- `order` (double, optional, nullable) — The order of the action.
- `values` (list of ActionValue, optional, nullable) — The values of the action.

### ErrorResponse

The API error response.

- `code` (string, required) — The error code.
- `description` (string, required) — The description of the error.
- `link` (string, required) — The link to the API documentation page.
- `details` (list of string, optional, nullable) — A list of details describing the error.
- `validationErrors` (list of ValidationErrorResponse, optional, nullable) — If a validation error occurred, this contains the validation errors for each property.
- `traceId` (string, optional, nullable) — The request trace id for tracking the request.

### ValidationErrorResponse

The validation error response.

- `property` (string, optional, nullable) — The name of the property that failed validation.
- `message` (string, optional, nullable) — The reason why this property failed validation.

### TriggerValue

- `name` (string, optional, nullable) — The name of the trigger value.
- `value` (string, optional, nullable) — The value of the trigger value.

### ActionValue

- `name` (string, optional, nullable) — The name of the action value.
- `value` (string, optional, nullable) — The value of the action value.

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "type": "task-created"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
  "createdBy": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
  "createdOn": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "updatedBy": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
  "updatedOn": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "triggerId": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
  "trigger": {
    "updatedOn": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
    "type": "task-created",
    "values": [
      {
        "name": "name",
        "value": "Design"
      }
    ]
  },
  "enabled": true,
  "state": "string",
  "createdByProjectTemplate": false,
  "projectId": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
  "projectTemplateId": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
  "actions": [
    {
      "id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
      "createdBy": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
      "createdOn": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
      "updatedBy": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
      "updatedOn": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
      "type": "tag-add-task",
      "order": 2,
      "values": [
        {
          "name": "tag",
          "value": "Design"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "workflowId": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
  "createdByAutomationIdFromWorkflow": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
  "failed": {
    "code": "not-found",
    "description": "There is no matching path for this URL.",
    "link": "https://developers.awork.com",
    "details": [
      "No project with the id '123' exists."
    ],
    "validationErrors": [
      {
        "property": "FirstName",
        "message": "FirstName is required."
      }
    ],
    "traceId": "a65ce5745df02af216715ff06661fb3a"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.awork.com/api/v1/projecttemplates/projectTemplateId/automations"

payload = { "type": "task-created" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.awork.com/api/v1/projecttemplates/projectTemplateId/automations';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"type":"task-created"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.awork.com/api/v1/projecttemplates/projectTemplateId/automations"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"type\": \"task-created\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.awork.com/api/v1/projecttemplates/projectTemplateId/automations")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"type\": \"task-created\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.awork.com/api/v1/projecttemplates/projectTemplateId/automations")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"type\": \"task-created\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.awork.com/api/v1/projecttemplates/projectTemplateId/automations', [
  'body' => '{
  "type": "task-created"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.awork.com/api/v1/projecttemplates/projectTemplateId/automations");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"type\": \"task-created\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["type": "task-created"] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.awork.com/api/v1/projecttemplates/projectTemplateId/automations")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```