---
title: "Create an innovation assessment"
method: POST
path: "/v1/{innovationId}/assessments"
tags: ["Innovation Assessment"]
---

# Create an innovation assessment

`POST /v1/{innovationId}/assessments`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://nhse-${ENV}-innovation-service-innovation-functions.azurewebsites.net/api`
- URL: `https://nhse-${ENV}-innovation-service-innovation-functions.azurewebsites.net/api/v1/{innovationId}/assessments`
- Auth: none declared

Create an innovation assessment.

## Path parameters

- `innovationId` string, uuid, required

## Request body

- object
  - `message` string, required

## Response `200`

The innovation assessment has been created.

- object
  - `id` string, uuid, required

## Other responses

- `400`: The innovation assessment has not been created.
- `401`: The user is not authenticated.
- `403`: The user is not authorized to create an innovation assessment.
- `404`: The innovation does not exist.
- `500`: An error occurred while creating the innovation assessment.

## Changes

- **2024-11-07** `761f95f46b23`: 1 breaking, 1 warning
  - added the new required request property `message`
  - removed the request property `comment`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/nhs-england/apis/innovations-api-nhs-innovation-service/changes/v1/:innovationId/assessments/post.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/nhs-england/apis/innovations-api-nhs-innovation-service.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/nhs-england/apis/innovations-api-nhs-innovation-service/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/nhs-england/apis/innovations-api-nhs-innovation-service/revisions/c7535c8a7a65?raw)