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# Save Entity

POST https://api.sayari.com/v1/resource/entity
Content-Type: application/json

Save an entity to a project.

Reference: https://documentation.sayari.com/api/api-reference/resource/save-entity

## Authentication

- OAuth2 — send the obtained token as `Authorization: Bearer <token>`

## Servers

- `https://api.sayari.com` (Production, default)
- `https://api.internal.sayari.com` (Dev)
- `https://api.uk.sayari.com` (Production_UK)

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a SaveEntityRequest.

- `type` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `entity`
- `project` (string, required) — The project identifier.
- `entity_id` (string, required) — The entity identifier.
- `custom_fields` (any, required) — This property is in beta and is subject to change. It is provided for early access and testing purposes only. custom user key/value pairs (key must be prefixed with "custom\_" and value must be "string" type)

## Response

### 200

- `data` (EntityResponseData, required)

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request

- `any`

### 401 Unauthorized

- `any`

### 404 Not Found

- `status` (integer, required)
- `message` (list of string, required)
- `success` (boolean, required)

### 405 Method Not Allowed

- `status` (integer, required)
- `message` (list of string, required)
- `success` (boolean, required)

### 429 Rate Limit Exceeded

- `any`

### 500 Internal Server Error

- `any`

## Types

### EntityResponseData

- `type` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `entity`
- `id` (string, required)
- `project` (string, required)
- `label` (string, required)
- `created` (string, required)
- `updated` (string, required)
- `updated_by` (string, required)
- `version` (integer, required)
- `entity_id` (string, required)
- `tag_ids` (list of string, required)
- `case_status` (string, required)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "type": "entity",
  "project": "GNJbkG",
  "entity_id": "Zk0qOaM2SSYg_ZhsljykMQ",
  "custom_fields": {
    "properties": {
      "custom_name": "Victoria Beckham"
    }
  }
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "type": "entity",
    "id": "Ywk6qw",
    "project": "GNJbkG",
    "label": "HOME DEPOT, U. S. A., INC.",
    "created": "2024-03-12 16:12:38.528362+00",
    "updated": "2024-03-12 16:12:38.528362+00",
    "updated_by": "auth0|5e45bd8caccd890e68147513",
    "version": 0,
    "entity_id": "n9SA4T_33tDmLtS8BhC6Zg",
    "tag_ids": [],
    "case_status": "not_assigned"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.sayari.com/v1/resource/entity"

payload = {
    "type": "entity",
    "project": "GNJbkG",
    "entity_id": "Zk0qOaM2SSYg_ZhsljykMQ",
    "custom_fields": { "properties": { "custom_name": "Victoria Beckham" } }
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "<token>.",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.json())
```

```typescript
import { SayariClient, Sayari } from "sayari";

const sayari = new SayariClient({ clientId: "YOUR_CLIENT_ID", clientSecret: "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET" });
await sayari.resource.saveEntity({
    type: Sayari.ResourceType.Entity,
    project: "GNJbkG",
    entityId: "Zk0qOaM2SSYg_ZhsljykMQ"
});

```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.sayari.com/v1/resource/entity"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"type\": \"entity\",\n  \"project\": \"GNJbkG\",\n  \"entity_id\": \"Zk0qOaM2SSYg_ZhsljykMQ\",\n  \"custom_fields\": {\n    \"properties\": {\n      \"custom_name\": \"Victoria Beckham\"\n    }\n  }\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<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.sayari.com/v1/resource/entity")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<token>.'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"type\": \"entity\",\n  \"project\": \"GNJbkG\",\n  \"entity_id\": \"Zk0qOaM2SSYg_ZhsljykMQ\",\n  \"custom_fields\": {\n    \"properties\": {\n      \"custom_name\": \"Victoria Beckham\"\n    }\n  }\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.sayari.com/v1/resource/entity")
  .header("Authorization", "<token>.")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"type\": \"entity\",\n  \"project\": \"GNJbkG\",\n  \"entity_id\": \"Zk0qOaM2SSYg_ZhsljykMQ\",\n  \"custom_fields\": {\n    \"properties\": {\n      \"custom_name\": \"Victoria Beckham\"\n    }\n  }\n}")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.sayari.com/v1/resource/entity', [
  'body' => '{
  "type": "entity",
  "project": "GNJbkG",
  "entity_id": "Zk0qOaM2SSYg_ZhsljykMQ",
  "custom_fields": {
    "properties": {
      "custom_name": "Victoria Beckham"
    }
  }
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => '<token>.',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.sayari.com/v1/resource/entity");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "<token>.");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"type\": \"entity\",\n  \"project\": \"GNJbkG\",\n  \"entity_id\": \"Zk0qOaM2SSYg_ZhsljykMQ\",\n  \"custom_fields\": {\n    \"properties\": {\n      \"custom_name\": \"Victoria Beckham\"\n    }\n  }\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "<token>.",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "type": "entity",
  "project": "GNJbkG",
  "entity_id": "Zk0qOaM2SSYg_ZhsljykMQ",
  "custom_fields": ["properties": ["custom_name": "Victoria Beckham"]]
] as [String : Any]

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

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.sayari.com/v1/resource/entity")! 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()
```