---
title: "Create overseer invite"
method: POST
path: "/v1/overseer-invites"
tags: ["overseer-invites"]
---

# Create overseer invite

`POST /v1/overseer-invites`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://lpad-backend.stage.defi.ovh.gala.com`
- URL: `https://lpad-backend.stage.defi.ovh.gala.com/v1/overseer-invites`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `x-api-key`
  - HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/gala/apis/launchpad-backend-api/docs/v1/overseer-invites/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Create a new invite for an overseer (admin/overseer only)

## Request body

- CreateOverseerInviteDto
  - `description` string
  - `expiresAt` string, date-time

## Response `200`

Created invite with its claim URL and expiration date.

- object
  - `error` false, required: Successful response marker.
  - `message` string, required: Response message.
  - `status` number, required: HTTP status code.
  - `data` OverseerInviteResponseDto, required
    - `claimedAt` string, date-time, nullable, required
    - `claimedBy` string, nullable, required
    - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
    - `description` string, nullable, required
    - `expiresAt` string, date-time, nullable, required
    - `id` number, required
    - `inviteCode` string, required
    - `invitedBy` string, required
    - `inviteUrl` string, uri, required
    - `status` 'PENDING' | 'ACCEPTED' | 'REVOKED' | 'EXPIRED', required

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request - expiresAt is not a valid ISO 8601 timestamp or is in the past
- `401`: Unauthorized - missing or invalid JWT token or admin API key
- `403`: Forbidden - user is not a system admin or overseer
- `500`: Internal server error - failed to generate invite code or database error
- `default`: Shared error envelope for authorization and invite creation failures.

---

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