---
title: "Start Inquiry"
method: POST
path: "/v1/inquiries"
tags: ["inquiries"]
---

# Start Inquiry

`POST /v1/inquiries`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.4chems.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.4chems.com/v1/inquiries`
- Auth: none required

Store an anonymous inquiry draft and email a 6-digit verification code.
Ask the user for the code, then call verify_inquiry with the returned
challenge_id and code — the inquiry reaches 4chems only after that
verification succeeds.

## Request body

- InquiryIn
  - `name` string, required
  - `email` string, email, required
  - `company` string
  - `topic` 'migration' | 'hosting' | 'iuclid' | 'chesar' | 'qsar_toolbox' | 'other', required
  - `message` string, required
  - `website` string

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- InquiryChallengeOut
  - `challenge_id` string, uuid, required
  - `expires_in_seconds` integer, required
  - `next_step` string, required

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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