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# Add a new applicant

POST https://unsw-v6-dev.advance-uac.com/institution-api/institution/applicants
Content-Type: application/json

Creates an applicant. `givenNames`, `familyName`, `dob` (YYYY-MM-DD) and `emailAddress` are
required; `phoneNumber`, `postalAddress`, `sourceName` and `sourceRef` are optional.

`sourceName` and `sourceRef` record who this person is in YOUR systems: the system's name and
its own id for them, typically a student number. Supplying them is worth it: the pair is what
you quote to find the person again, and it lets us match a returning applicant even when their
name or email has since changed.

A `sourceRef` must be unique within a `sourceName`, and `sourceName` is
required whenever you send one, since an id with no system to interpret it isn't findable.

Look the applicant up first (GET) to avoid creating a duplicate.

Reference: https://docs-unsw-v6.advance-uac.com/unsw-advance-institution-api/applicants/add-a-new-applicant

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Paste a Keycloak access token (no "Bearer " prefix)

## Servers

- `https://unsw-v6-dev.advance-uac.com/institution-api` (Dev, default)
- `https://unsw-v6-test.advance-uac.com/institution-api` (Test)

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a NewApplicantRequest.

- `givenName1` (string, optional)
- `givenName2` (string, optional)
- `familyName` (string, optional)
- `dob` (date, optional) — Date of birth, ISO format YYYY-MM-DD.
- `emailAddress` (string, optional)
- `phoneNumber` (string, optional)
- `postalAddress` (string, optional)
- `sourceName` (string, optional) — The system this record was fed from, in your own vocabulary. Free text, and required whenever you send a sourceRef.
- `sourceRef` (string, optional) — Your own unique id for this person, e.g. a student number. Unique per `sourceName`.
- `sources` (list of SourceReference, optional) — Your own references for this record, one per system you keep it in. A person or an application known by a different id in SITS than elsewhere carries both. Optional. `sourceName` and `sourceRef` still work exactly as before and count as the FIRST entry here, so nothing you have already built needs to change. Send both forms and they are combined, with duplicates collapsed. Order matters: the first entry is the one echoed back as `sourceRef`, and the one shown in lists and in the change feed.

## Response

### 200

OK

- `id` (string, optional)
- `givenName1` (string, optional)
- `givenName2` (string, optional)
- `givenNames` (string, optional)
- `familyName` (string, optional)
- `dob` (date, optional)
- `emailAddress` (string, optional)
- `phoneNumber` (string, optional)
- `postalAddress` (string, optional)
- `sourceName` (string, optional) — The system this record was fed from, in your own vocabulary. Free text, and required whenever you send a sourceRef.
- `sourceRef` (string, optional) — Your own unique id for this person, e.g. a student number. Unique per `sourceName`.
- `sources` (list of SourceReference, optional) — Your own references for this record, one per system you keep it in. A person or an application known by a different id in SITS than elsewhere carries both. Optional. `sourceName` and `sourceRef` still work exactly as before and count as the FIRST entry here, so nothing you have already built needs to change. Send both forms and they are combined, with duplicates collapsed. Order matters: the first entry is the one echoed back as `sourceRef`, and the one shown in lists and in the change feed.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `any`

## Types

### SourceReference

One of your own references for this person: the system it came from, and its id there.

- `sourceName` (string, optional) — The system this record was fed from, in your own vocabulary. Free text, and required whenever you send a sourceRef.
- `sourceRef` (string, optional) — Your own unique id for this person, e.g. a student number. Unique per `sourceName`.

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "string",
  "givenName1": "string",
  "givenName2": "string",
  "givenNames": "string",
  "familyName": "string",
  "dob": "2022-03-10",
  "emailAddress": "string",
  "phoneNumber": "string",
  "postalAddress": "string",
  "sourceName": "SITS",
  "sourceRef": "z1234567",
  "sources": [
    {
      "sourceName": "SITS",
      "sourceRef": "z1234567"
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://unsw-v6-dev.advance-uac.com/institution-api/institution/applicants"

payload = {}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://unsw-v6-dev.advance-uac.com/institution-api/institution/applicants';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://unsw-v6-dev.advance-uac.com/institution-api/institution/applicants"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <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://unsw-v6-dev.advance-uac.com/institution-api/institution/applicants")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

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://unsw-v6-dev.advance-uac.com/institution-api/institution/applicants")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://unsw-v6-dev.advance-uac.com/institution-api/institution/applicants', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://unsw-v6-dev.advance-uac.com/institution-api/institution/applicants");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

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

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://unsw-v6-dev.advance-uac.com/institution-api/institution/applicants")! 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()
```