---
title: "Create account invitation"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/invitations"
tags: ["Invitations"]
---

# Create account invitation

`POST /api/v1/invitations`

Send an email invitation for someone to join the account with the given role. The recipient gets an email with an accept link. Until they accept, the invitation appears in [List Members](#tag/Members/operation/listMembers) with `status: pending`.

## Request body

- CreateInvitationRequest
  - `email` string, email, required — Recipient's email address. Must not already be a member.
  - `role_id` string, uuid, required — Role the invitee will receive on acceptance. Must be `scope: account` for account invites or `scope: project` for project invites.

## Response `201`

Invitation sent

- object
  - `success` boolean
  - `data` Invitation
    - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `type` 'account' | 'project', required — Account-level or project-level invitation
    - `account_id` string, uuid
    - `account_name` string
    - `project_id` string, uuid — Set only when `type` is `project`
    - `project_name` string
    - `email` string, email, required
    - `role_id` string, uuid
    - `role_name` string
    - `invited_by_id` string, uuid
    - `invited_by_email` string, email
    - `invited_by_name` string
    - `expires_at` string, date-time — When the invitation auto-expires. Past this time, the accept link returns an error and the row is removed by a cleanup job.
    - `created_at` string, date-time

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request parameters

## Changes

- **2026-05-08** `64c270db1c2e` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/rafftechnologies/apis/raff-api/changes/api/v1/invitations/post.md)

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