# POST /api/v1/attestations

> Create a signed attestation

- **Tag:** attestations
- **Operation ID:** `create_attestation`

## Description

Compute the chosen facts as of the period end, sign the canonical payload and mint a public link. The raw token is returned here **exactly once**. Admins only: a link is a standing anonymous grant to the facts it carries.

## Authentication

Bearer token in `Authorization` header.
Required header: `x-business-id: <business uuid>`.

## Request body

Schema: `CreateAttestationRequest`

- `fact_keys` (array · string · required)
- `period_start` (string · date · required)
- `period_end` (string · date · required)
- `grantee_label` (string · required) — Who the link is for
- `expires_in_days` (integer)

## Responses

### 201 — Successful Response

Schema: `SuccessEnvelope_AttestationCreatedResponse_`

- `success` (boolean)
- `message` (string)
- `code` (string)
- `data` (AttestationCreatedResponse)

### 400 — Bad Request - Invalid input

Schema: `ErrorResponse`

- `error` (string · required) — Error category: `validation_error`, `unauthorized`, `forbidden`, `not_found`, `conflict`, `rate_limited`, `server_error`, or `service_unavailable`.
- `message` (string · required) — Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
- `code` (string · required) — Stable machine-readable code in `CATEGORY_NNN` form (e.g. `NOT_FOUND_006`, `AUTH_010`, `GEN_002`).
- `request_id` (string) — Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the `x-request-id` request header when one was supplied.
- `errors` (object) — Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

### 401 — Unauthorized - Missing or expired token, an MCP OAuth token used against the REST API, or no access to this business

Schema: `ErrorResponse`

- `error` (string · required) — Error category: `validation_error`, `unauthorized`, `forbidden`, `not_found`, `conflict`, `rate_limited`, `server_error`, or `service_unavailable`.
- `message` (string · required) — Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
- `code` (string · required) — Stable machine-readable code in `CATEGORY_NNN` form (e.g. `NOT_FOUND_006`, `AUTH_010`, `GEN_002`).
- `request_id` (string) — Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the `x-request-id` request header when one was supplied.
- `errors` (object) — Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

### 403 — Forbidden - Insufficient permissions

Schema: `ErrorResponse`

- `error` (string · required) — Error category: `validation_error`, `unauthorized`, `forbidden`, `not_found`, `conflict`, `rate_limited`, `server_error`, or `service_unavailable`.
- `message` (string · required) — Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
- `code` (string · required) — Stable machine-readable code in `CATEGORY_NNN` form (e.g. `NOT_FOUND_006`, `AUTH_010`, `GEN_002`).
- `request_id` (string) — Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the `x-request-id` request header when one was supplied.
- `errors` (object) — Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

### 404 — Not Found - Resource does not exist

Schema: `ErrorResponse`

- `error` (string · required) — Error category: `validation_error`, `unauthorized`, `forbidden`, `not_found`, `conflict`, `rate_limited`, `server_error`, or `service_unavailable`.
- `message` (string · required) — Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
- `code` (string · required) — Stable machine-readable code in `CATEGORY_NNN` form (e.g. `NOT_FOUND_006`, `AUTH_010`, `GEN_002`).
- `request_id` (string) — Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the `x-request-id` request header when one was supplied.
- `errors` (object) — Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

### 422 — Validation Error

Schema: `ErrorResponse`

- `error` (string · required) — Error category: `validation_error`, `unauthorized`, `forbidden`, `not_found`, `conflict`, `rate_limited`, `server_error`, or `service_unavailable`.
- `message` (string · required) — Human-readable explanation, safe to show to end users.
- `code` (string · required) — Stable machine-readable code in `CATEGORY_NNN` form (e.g. `NOT_FOUND_006`, `AUTH_010`, `GEN_002`).
- `request_id` (string) — Correlation id for support requests. Echoes the `x-request-id` request header when one was supplied.
- `errors` (object) — Field-level validation messages keyed by field name. Present on 400/422 validation failures only.

## Code samples

### cURL

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/attestations' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer dz_your_token' \
  -H 'x-business-id: YOUR_BUSINESS_ID' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "fact_keys": [],
  "period_start": "2026-01-01",
  "period_end": "2026-01-01",
  "grantee_label": "string"
}'
```

### JavaScript

```javascript
const response = await fetch('https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/attestations', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer dz_your_token',
    'x-business-id': 'YOUR_BUSINESS_ID',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "fact_keys": [],
  "period_start": "2026-01-01",
  "period_end": "2026-01-01",
  "grantee_label": "string"
}),
});
const data = await response.json();
```

### Python

```python
import httpx

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer dz_your_token",
    "x-business-id": "YOUR_BUSINESS_ID",
}

payload = {'fact_keys': [],
 'period_start': '2026-01-01',
 'period_end': '2026-01-01',
 'grantee_label': 'string'}

response = httpx.post("https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/attestations", headers=headers, json=payload)
data = response.json()
```

## See also

- HTML version: https://www.ondayzero.com/docs/reference/attestations/create-attestation
- OpenAPI slice: https://www.ondayzero.com/docs/reference/attestations/create-attestation/openapi.json
- Other endpoints in **attestations**: https://www.ondayzero.com/docs/reference/attestations (markdown bundle: https://www.ondayzero.com/docs/reference/attestations.md, OpenAPI: https://www.ondayzero.com/docs/reference/attestations/openapi.json)
- Endpoint catalog: https://www.ondayzero.com/docs/reference/index.md