---
title: "Create identifier"
---

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`POST /v2/entities/{entityId}/identifiers`

## Path parameters

- `entityId` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.path.entityId`; string, required)
  - format `uuid`

## Request body

_Required._

- `identifierType` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.identifierType`; string, required)
  - one of `"EIN"`, `"DUNS"`, `"CAGE"`, `"NAICS"`, `"SIC"`, `"LEI"`, `"CIK"`, `"STATE_REG"`, `"VAT"`, `"COMPANY_REG"`
- `identifierValue` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.identifierValue`; string, required)
  - minLength 1
- `identifierCountry` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.identifierCountry`; string, optional)
  - minLength 2; maxLength 2; default `"US"`
- `identifierState` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.identifierState`; string, optional)
- `isPrimary` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.isPrimary`; boolean, optional)
  - default `false`
- `notes` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.notes`; string, optional)

## Example request

```json
{
  "identifierType": "EIN",
  "identifierValue": "string",
  "identifierCountry": "US",
  "identifierState": "string",
  "isPrimary": false,
  "notes": "string"
}
```

## Code samples

### cURL

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.sureshake.com/v2/entities/<entityId>/identifiers' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "identifierType": "EIN",
  "identifierValue": "string",
  "identifierCountry": "US",
  "identifierState": "string",
  "isPrimary": false,
  "notes": "string"
}
'
```

### TypeScript

```typescript
const url = 'https://api.sureshake.com/v2/entities/<entityId>/identifiers';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    identifierType: 'EIN',
    identifierValue: 'string',
    identifierCountry: 'US',
    identifierState: 'string',
    isPrimary: false,
    notes: 'string'
  })
};

fetch(url, options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(json => console.log(json))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
```

### Python

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.sureshake.com/v2/entities/<entityId>/identifiers"

payload = {
    "identifierType": "EIN",
    "identifierValue": "string",
    "identifierCountry": "US",
    "identifierState": "string",
    "isPrimary": False,
    "notes": "string"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

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

print(response.text)
```

## Responses

### 200

Default Response

#### Example

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
    "entityId": "156e622c-6cdf-4c27-9bc9-2f2db69919f5",
    "identifierType": "EIN",
    "identifierValue": "string",
    "identifierCountry": "string",
    "identifierState": "string",
    "isPrimary": true,
    "verified": true,
    "verifiedAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "verifiedBy": "string",
    "verificationMethod": "string",
    "verificationSource": "string",
    "confidenceScore": "string",
    "dataSource": "string",
    "notes": "string",
    "createdAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "updatedAt": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
  }
}
```

- `data` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.200.data`; object, required)
  - `id` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.200.data.id`; string, required)
    - format `uuid`
  - `entityId` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.200.data.entityId`; string, required)
    - format `uuid`
  - `identifierType` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.200.data.identifierType`; string, required)
    - one of `"EIN"`, `"DUNS"`, `"CAGE"`, `"NAICS"`, `"SIC"`, `"LEI"`, `"CIK"`, `"STATE_REG"`, `"VAT"`, `"COMPANY_REG"`
  - `identifierValue` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.200.data.identifierValue`; string, required)
  - `identifierCountry` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.200.data.identifierCountry`; string, required, nullable)
  - `identifierState` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.200.data.identifierState`; string, required, nullable)
  - `isPrimary` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.200.data.isPrimary`; boolean, required, nullable)
  - `verified` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.200.data.verified`; boolean, required, nullable)
  - `verifiedAt` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.200.data.verifiedAt`; string, required, nullable)
    - format `date-time`
  - `verifiedBy` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.200.data.verifiedBy`; string, required, nullable)
  - `verificationMethod` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.200.data.verificationMethod`; string, required, nullable)
  - `verificationSource` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.200.data.verificationSource`; string, required, nullable)
  - `confidenceScore` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.200.data.confidenceScore`; string, required, nullable)
  - `dataSource` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.200.data.dataSource`; string, required, nullable)
  - `notes` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.200.data.notes`; string, required, nullable)
  - `createdAt` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.200.data.createdAt`; string, required)
    - format `date-time`
  - `updatedAt` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.200.data.updatedAt`; string, required)
    - format `date-time`
- `meta` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.200.meta`; object, optional)
  - `timestamp` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.200.meta.timestamp`; string, required)
    - format `date-time`

### 400

Default Response

#### Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string",
    "details": null,
    "traceId": "string"
  }
}
```

- `error` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.400.error`; object, required)
  - `code` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.400.error.code`; string, required) — Machine-readable error code (e.g., NOT_FOUND)
  - `message` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.400.error.message`; string, required) — Human-readable error message
  - `details` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.400.error.details`; unknown, optional) — Optional structured error details
  - `traceId` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.400.error.traceId`; string, optional) — Unique ID for log correlation

### 401

Default Response

#### Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string",
    "details": null,
    "traceId": "string"
  }
}
```

- `error` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.401.error`; object, required)
  - `code` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.401.error.code`; string, required) — Machine-readable error code (e.g., NOT_FOUND)
  - `message` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.401.error.message`; string, required) — Human-readable error message
  - `details` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.401.error.details`; unknown, optional) — Optional structured error details
  - `traceId` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.401.error.traceId`; string, optional) — Unique ID for log correlation

### 403

Default Response

#### Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string",
    "details": null,
    "traceId": "string"
  }
}
```

- `error` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.403.error`; object, required)
  - `code` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.403.error.code`; string, required) — Machine-readable error code (e.g., NOT_FOUND)
  - `message` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.403.error.message`; string, required) — Human-readable error message
  - `details` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.403.error.details`; unknown, optional) — Optional structured error details
  - `traceId` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.403.error.traceId`; string, optional) — Unique ID for log correlation

### 404

Default Response

#### Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string",
    "details": null,
    "traceId": "string"
  }
}
```

- `error` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.404.error`; object, required)
  - `code` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.404.error.code`; string, required) — Machine-readable error code (e.g., NOT_FOUND)
  - `message` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.404.error.message`; string, required) — Human-readable error message
  - `details` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.404.error.details`; unknown, optional) — Optional structured error details
  - `traceId` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.404.error.traceId`; string, optional) — Unique ID for log correlation

### 409

Default Response

#### Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string",
    "details": null,
    "traceId": "string"
  }
}
```

- `error` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.409.error`; object, required)
  - `code` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.409.error.code`; string, required) — Machine-readable error code (e.g., NOT_FOUND)
  - `message` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.409.error.message`; string, required) — Human-readable error message
  - `details` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.409.error.details`; unknown, optional) — Optional structured error details
  - `traceId` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.409.error.traceId`; string, optional) — Unique ID for log correlation

### 500

Default Response

#### Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string",
    "details": null,
    "traceId": "string"
  }
}
```

- `error` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.500.error`; object, required)
  - `code` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.500.error.code`; string, required) — Machine-readable error code (e.g., NOT_FOUND)
  - `message` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.500.error.message`; string, required) — Human-readable error message
  - `details` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.500.error.details`; unknown, optional) — Optional structured error details
  - `traceId` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.500.error.traceId`; string, optional) — Unique ID for log correlation

### 501

Default Response

#### Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string",
    "details": null,
    "traceId": "string"
  }
}
```

- `error` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.501.error`; object, required)
  - `code` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.501.error.code`; string, required) — Machine-readable error code (e.g., NOT_FOUND)
  - `message` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.501.error.message`; string, required) — Human-readable error message
  - `details` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.501.error.details`; unknown, optional) — Optional structured error details
  - `traceId` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.501.error.traceId`; string, optional) — Unique ID for log correlation

### 503

Default Response

#### Example

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string",
    "details": null,
    "traceId": "string"
  }
}
```

- `error` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.503.error`; object, required)
  - `code` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.503.error.code`; string, required) — Machine-readable error code (e.g., NOT_FOUND)
  - `message` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.503.error.message`; string, required) — Human-readable error message
  - `details` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.503.error.details`; unknown, optional) — Optional structured error details
  - `traceId` (`entity-reputation-create-identifier.response.503.error.traceId`; string, optional) — Unique ID for log correlation


Source: https://docs.sureshake.com/reference/entity-reputation-create-identifier/index.md