# Creation of a Policy

**`POST /api/v1/policies`**

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

**Authentication:** Bearer token required (`Authorization: Bearer <token>`)

**Permission:** `Permissions.POLICIES_POLICY_CREATE`

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## Request

### Request Body

```json
{
  "name": "iREC Policy",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "iREC renewable energy certificate policy",
  "topicDescription": "iREC policy topic",
  "config": {},
  "policyRoles": ["INSTALLER"],
  "policyTopics": [],
  "policyTokens": [],
  "policyGroups": []
}
```

| Field              | Type   | Required | Description                               |
| ------------------ | ------ | -------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| `name`             | string | Yes      | Human-readable policy name                |
| `version`          | string | No       | Semantic version string (e.g. `1.0.0`)    |
| `description`      | string | No       | Short description of the policy           |
| `topicDescription` | string | No       | Description for the Hedera topic          |
| `config`           | object | No       | Policy block configuration tree           |
| `policyRoles`      | array  | No       | List of role names defined by this policy |
| `policyTopics`     | array  | No       | Topic configuration                       |
| `policyTokens`     | array  | No       | Token configuration                       |
| `policyGroups`     | array  | No       | Group configuration                       |

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## Response

### Success Response

**Status:** `201 Created`

Returns the updated list of all policies for the authenticated user.

```json
[
  {
    "id": "63e3e5e8a01b3c001234abcd",
    "name": "iREC Policy",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "status": "DRAFT",
    "owner": "did:hedera:testnet:zHcDLGFNymFAJiMBKnpbHDgjvTn6yZnwkPPeFhtJBECH_0.0.4532001"
  }
]
```

### Error Responses

| Status                      | Description               |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------- |
| `401 Unauthorized`          | Missing or invalid token  |
| `403 Forbidden`             | Insufficient permissions  |
| `500 Internal Server Error` | Unexpected server failure |


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