---
title: "Create a new publishing transaction"
method: POST
path: "/begin"
tags: ["Pre-publish"]
---

# Create a new publishing transaction

`POST /begin`

## Request

- Base URL: `/v1` (relative, and the document’s source URL is not known)
- URL: `/v1/begin`
- Auth: none declared

Create a new publishing transaction

## Response `200`

transaction created successfully

- Result
  - `message` string: message about the request result
  - `error` boolean: indicates if the request was successful
  - `transaction` object
    - `id` string: the created transaction ID
    - `status` string: the current status of the transaction
    - `startDate` string: the date the transaction of created
    - `uriInfos` string[]: URI information for this transaction
    - `uriDeletes` string[]: URI delete information for this transaction
    - `errors` string[]: error information for this transaction

## Other responses

- `500`: internal server error

---

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