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# Create a payer group

POST https://api.joincandidhealth.com/api/payer-groups/v1
Content-Type: application/json

Create a payer group. When `payer_plan_group_ids` is provided, moves those plans into
the new group atomically (same transaction). On any failure the group is not created
and no plans are moved.

Reference: https://docs.joincandidhealth.com/api-reference/payer-groups/v-1/create

## Authentication

- OAuth2 — send the obtained token as `Authorization: Bearer <token>`

## Servers

- `https://api.joincandidhealth.com` (Production, default)
- `https://api-staging.joincandidhealth.com` (Staging)
- `https://sandbox-api.joincandidhealth.com` (CandidSandbox)
- `https://staging-api.joincandidhealth.com` (CandidStaging)
- `http://localhost:5050` (Local)

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a CreatePayerGroupRequest.

- `name` (string, required)
- `payer_plan_group_ids` (set of UUID, optional) — An optional set of payer plan group IDs to move into the new group in the same transaction. Omitting this field or passing an empty set behaves exactly like the existing create (an empty group is created).

## Response

### 200

- `name` (string, required)
- `payer_group_id` (UUID, required)
- `payer_plan_group_count` (integer, required)

## Errors

### 404 Entity Not Found Error

- `errorName` ("EntityNotFoundError", required)
- `content` (EntityNotFoundErrorMessage, required)

### 409 Entity Conflict Error

- `errorName` ("EntityConflictError", required)
- `content` (EntityConflictErrorMessage, required)

### 403 Unauthorized Error

- `errorName` ("UnauthorizedError", required)
- `content` (UnauthorizedErrorMessage, required)

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

- `errorName` ("UnprocessableEntityError", required)
- `content` (UnprocessableEntityErrorMessage, required)

## Types

### EntityNotFoundErrorMessage

- `id` (string, required)

### EntityConflictErrorMessage

- `entity_name` (string, required)

### UnauthorizedErrorMessage

- `message` (string, optional)

### UnprocessableEntityErrorMessage

- `message` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "name": "name"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "name": "name",
  "payer_group_id": "d5e9c84f-c2b2-4bf4-b4b0-7ffd7a9ffc32",
  "payer_plan_group_count": 1
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.joincandidhealth.com/api/payer-groups/v1"

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

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.joincandidhealth.com/api/payer-groups/v1';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: '<token>.', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"name":"name"}'
};

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://api.joincandidhealth.com/api/payer-groups/v1"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"name\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<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://api.joincandidhealth.com/api/payer-groups/v1")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<token>.'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"name\"\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://api.joincandidhealth.com/api/payer-groups/v1")
  .header("Authorization", "<token>.")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"name\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.joincandidhealth.com/api/payer-groups/v1', [
  'body' => '{
  "name": "name"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => '<token>.',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.joincandidhealth.com/api/payer-groups/v1");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "<token>.");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"name\": \"name\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

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

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

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.joincandidhealth.com/api/payer-groups/v1")! 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()
```