# Create an in stock subscription

To [create](https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/creating-resources) a new in stock subscription, send a `POST` request to the `/api/in_stock_subscriptions` endpoint, passing the resource arguments in the request body.

## Request

**POST** <https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/in\\_stock\\_subscriptions>

### Arguments

| Body Parameter                   | Type      | Required                 |
| -------------------------------- | --------- | ------------------------ |
| **type**                         | `string`  | Required                 |
| attributes.**customer\_email**   | `string`  | Optional                 |
| attributes.**sku\_code**         | `string`  | Optional                 |
| attributes.**stock\_threshold**  | `integer` | Optional, default is '1' |
| attributes.**reference**         | `string`  | Optional                 |
| attributes.**reference\_origin** | `string`  | Optional                 |
| attributes.**metadata**          | `object`  | Optional                 |
| relationships.**market**         | `object`  | Required                 |
| relationships.**customer**       | `object`  | Required                 |
| relationships.**sku**            | `object`  | Required                 |

### Example

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The following request creates a new in stock subscription:

```shell
curl -g -X POST \
  'https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/in_stock_subscriptions' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer your-access-token' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -d '{
  "data": {
    "type": "in_stock_subscriptions",
    "relationships": {
      "market": {
        "data": {
          "type": "markets",
          "id": "ABCRtyUpBa"
        }
      },
      "customer": {
        "data": {
          "type": "customers",
          "id": "BCDRtyUpBa"
        }
      },
      "sku": {
        "data": {
          "type": "skus",
          "id": "CDERtyUpBa"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}'
```

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On success, the API responds with a `201 Created` status code, returning the created resource object:

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "XAyRWNUzyN",
    "type": "in_stock_subscriptions",
    "links": {
      "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/in_stock_subscriptions/XAyRWNUzyN"
    },
    "attributes": {
      "status": "active",
      "customer_email": "john@example.com",
      "sku_code": "TSHIRTMM000000FFFFFFXLXX",
      "stock_threshold": 3,
      "created_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "reference": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE",
      "reference_origin": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE-ORIGIN",
      "metadata": {
        "foo": "bar"
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "market": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/in_stock_subscriptions/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/market",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/in_stock_subscriptions/XAyRWNUzyN/market"
        }
      },
      "customer": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/in_stock_subscriptions/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/customer",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/in_stock_subscriptions/XAyRWNUzyN/customer"
        }
      },
      "sku": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/in_stock_subscriptions/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/sku",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/in_stock_subscriptions/XAyRWNUzyN/sku"
        }
      },
      "events": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/in_stock_subscriptions/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/events",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/in_stock_subscriptions/XAyRWNUzyN/events"
        }
      },
      "versions": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/in_stock_subscriptions/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/versions",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/in_stock_subscriptions/XAyRWNUzyN/versions"
        }
      },
      "event_stores": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/in_stock_subscriptions/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/event_stores",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/in_stock_subscriptions/XAyRWNUzyN/event_stores"
        }
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "mode": "test",
      "organization_id": "xRRkjDFafe",
      "trace_id": "69abaa3545913c78132e5578bd26208d44aa9043647d78698fd0021f3958cd74"
    }
  }
}
```

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