CAIN-42 CAIN Studio

API reference · CAIN Governance

Create Authority

POST /fabric/governance/authorities

Last reviewed 2026-10-02

POST /fabric/governance/authorities

Request body

AuthorityCreate (required)

FieldTypeMeaning
identity_id requiredstringmin length 1
role requiredstringmin length 1
identity_typestringdefault "user"
scopeobject or null
can_approvebooleandefault true
can_delegatebooleandefault false
can_overridebooleandefault false
max_approval_amount_centsnumber or null
max_budget_centsnumber or null
budget_idstring or null
expires_atstring or null

Responses

StatusMeaningBody
200Successful ResponseJSON
422Validation ErrorHTTPValidationError
401No key, or a key that is not validJSON detail
429Rate limit for your plan reached; retry after the Retry-After secondsJSON detail

Try it

This call changes data in the account the key belongs to.

The request goes from your browser straight to this site. Your key is not stored unless you tick the box, and then only in this tab's session storage.

Code

curl -sS -X POST 'https://cainstudio.online/fabric/governance/authorities' \
  -H "X-API-Key: $CAIN_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"identity_id": "identity-id", "role": "role", "identity_type": "user", "can_approve": true, "can_delegate": false, "can_override": false}'

Schemas used

AuthorityCreate · HTTPValidationError · ValidationError

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