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# Create a new EdgeWorker ID

POST https://{hostname}/edgeworkers/v1/ids
Content-Type: application/json

Register a new EdgeWorker within a particular group.

Reference: https://akamai.ferndocs.com/edge-workers/api/edge-workers-api/edge-worker-i-ds/post-ids

## Request

### Query parameters

- `accountSwitchKey` (string, optional) — For customers who manage more than one account, this [runs the operation from another account](https://techdocs.akamai.com/developer/docs/manage-many-accounts-with-one-api-client). The Identity and Access Management API provides a [list of available account switch keys](https://techdocs.akamai.com/iam-api/reference/get-client-account-switch-keys).

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `groupId` (integer, required) — Identifies a group to assign to the EdgeWorker.
- `name` (string, required) — A name you assign to the EdgeWorker.
- `resourceTierId` (integer, required) — Unique identifier of a resource tier. The resource tier is write-once data. To change the resource tier you need to [Clone an EdgeWorker ID](https://techdocs.akamai.com/edgeworkers/reference/post-id-clone).
- `description` (string, optional) — Description of the EdgeWorker.

## Response

### 201

This section describes attributes of an EdgeWorker registration.

- `groupId` (integer, required) — Group identified by the user who created the EdgeWorker.
- `name` (string, required) — Name given by the user who created the EdgeWorker.
- `resourceTierId` (integer, required) — Resource tier selected when the EdgeWorker was created.
- `accountId` (string, optional) — Identifier for the account under which the EdgeWorker was created.
- `createdBy` (string, optional) — Username of the person who created the EdgeWorker.
- `createdTime` (datetime, optional) — ISO 8601 timestamp indicating when the EdgeWorker was created.
- `description` (string, optional) — Description of the EdgeWorker.
- `edgeWorkerId` (integer, optional) — Unique identifier of the EdgeWorker.
- `lastModifiedBy` (string, optional) — Username of the person who most recently updated the EdgeWorker.
- `lastModifiedTime` (datetime, optional) — ISO 8601 timestamp indicating when the EdgeWorker was most recently modified.

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "groupId": 72297,
  "name": "Ew_42",
  "resourceTierId": 100,
  "description": "Geo-blocking EdgeWorker"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "groupId": 72297,
  "name": "Ew_42",
  "resourceTierId": 200,
  "accountId": "A-CCT7890",
  "createdBy": "jsmith",
  "createdTime": "2020-10-15T14:49:40Z",
  "description": "Geo-blocking EdgeWorker",
  "edgeWorkerId": 42,
  "lastModifiedBy": "jsmith",
  "lastModifiedTime": "2020-10-15T15:21:15Z"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://{hostname}/edgeworkers/v1/ids"

querystring = {"accountSwitchKey":"{{accountSwitchKey}}"}

payload = {
    "groupId": 72297,
    "name": "Ew_42",
    "resourceTierId": 100,
    "description": "Geo-blocking EdgeWorker"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://{hostname}/edgeworkers/v1/ids?accountSwitchKey=%7B%7BaccountSwitchKey%7D%7D';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"groupId":72297,"name":"Ew_42","resourceTierId":100,"description":"Geo-blocking EdgeWorker"}'
};

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://{hostname}/edgeworkers/v1/ids?accountSwitchKey=%7B%7BaccountSwitchKey%7D%7D"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"groupId\": 72297,\n  \"name\": \"Ew_42\",\n  \"resourceTierId\": 100,\n  \"description\": \"Geo-blocking EdgeWorker\"\n}")

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

	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://{hostname}/edgeworkers/v1/ids?accountSwitchKey=%7B%7BaccountSwitchKey%7D%7D")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"groupId\": 72297,\n  \"name\": \"Ew_42\",\n  \"resourceTierId\": 100,\n  \"description\": \"Geo-blocking EdgeWorker\"\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://{hostname}/edgeworkers/v1/ids?accountSwitchKey=%7B%7BaccountSwitchKey%7D%7D")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"groupId\": 72297,\n  \"name\": \"Ew_42\",\n  \"resourceTierId\": 100,\n  \"description\": \"Geo-blocking EdgeWorker\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://{hostname}/edgeworkers/v1/ids?accountSwitchKey=%7B%7BaccountSwitchKey%7D%7D', [
  'body' => '{
  "groupId": 72297,
  "name": "Ew_42",
  "resourceTierId": 100,
  "description": "Geo-blocking EdgeWorker"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://{hostname}/edgeworkers/v1/ids?accountSwitchKey=%7B%7BaccountSwitchKey%7D%7D");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"groupId\": 72297,\n  \"name\": \"Ew_42\",\n  \"resourceTierId\": 100,\n  \"description\": \"Geo-blocking EdgeWorker\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Content-Type": "application/json"]
let parameters = [
  "groupId": 72297,
  "name": "Ew_42",
  "resourceTierId": 100,
  "description": "Geo-blocking EdgeWorker"
] as [String : Any]

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

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://{hostname}/edgeworkers/v1/ids?accountSwitchKey=%7B%7BaccountSwitchKey%7D%7D")! 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()
```