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# Creation of a Policy

### **POLICY CREATION**

## Creates a new policy

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `/policies`

Creates a new policy. Only users with the Standard Registry role are allowed to make the request

#### Request Body

| Name                               | Type   | Description                                |
| ---------------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------ |
| <mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | Object | Object that contains policy configuration. |

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{% tab title="201: Created Created" %}

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="401: Unauthorized Unauthorized" %}

```javascript
{
    // Response
}
```

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{% tab title="403: Forbidden Forbidden" %}

```javascript
{
    // Response
}
```

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{% tab title="500: Internal Server Error Internal server error" %}

```javascript
{
    content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
}
```

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