---
title: "Create global rule"
method: POST
path: "/admin/rules"
tags: ["Global rules", "Admin"]
---

# Create global rule

`POST /admin/rules`

## Request

- The document declares no server URL.
- Auth: none declared

Adds a rule to the list of globally configured rules.

This operation can fail for the following reasons:

* The rule type is unknown (HTTP error `400`)
* The rule already exists (HTTP error `409`)
* A server error occurred (HTTP error `500`)

## Request body

- Rule
  - `config` string, required
  - `type` 'VALIDITY' | 'COMPATIBILITY' | 'INTEGRITY'

## Response `204`

The global rule was added.

## Other responses

- `400`: Common response for all operations that can return a `400` error.
- `401`: Common response for all operations that can return a `401` error indicating authentication is required.
- `403`: Common response for all operations that can return a `403` error indicating the user is authenticated but not authorized.
- `409`: Common response used when an input conflicts with existing data.
- `500`: Common response for all operations that can fail with an unexpected server error.

## Changes

> 65 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2023-05-25** (v2) `675821e314e9`: 1 info
  - added the new `INTEGRITY` enum value to the request property `type`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/apicurio/apis/apicurio-registry-api-v2/changes/admin/rules/post.md)

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