---
title: "POST /api/admin/audit-types"
method: POST
path: "/api/admin/audit-types"
tags: ["Administration/Audit Types"]
---

# POST /api/admin/audit-types

`POST /api/admin/audit-types`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.retraced.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.retraced.com/api/admin/audit-types`
- Auth: none declared

Add an audit type to the global catalogue. Migrated from the legacy audits-service POST /v1/admin/audit-types; answers 201 with the new row in the admin list shape. Gated by the admin-audit-types:create staff permission.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required
  - `description` string
  - `category` string
  - `impactAreaId` string
  - `externalLink` string
  - `logoFileId` string
  - `yearFounded` string
  - `location` string
  - `conformityAssessment` string
  - `typeOfOrganization` string
  - `badgeId` string
  - `isealMember` string
  - `providerName` string

## Response `201`

Default Response

- object
  - `metadata` object, required
    - `success` boolean, required: True when the request succeeded.
  - `data` object, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `name` string, nullable
    - `description` string, nullable
    - `category` string, nullable
    - `impactAreaId` string, nullable
    - `externalLink` string, nullable
    - `logoFileId` string, nullable
    - `logoFileUrl` string, nullable
    - `yearFounded` number, nullable
    - `location` string, nullable
    - `conformityAssessment` string, nullable
    - `typeOfOrganization` string, nullable
    - `badgeId` string, nullable
    - `isealMember` string, nullable
    - `providerName` string, nullable
    - `isDeprecated` boolean, required
    - `auditCount` number, required
    - `createdAt` string, nullable
    - `createdByImpersonateId` string, nullable
    - `createdByUserId` string, nullable
    - `createdByCompanyId` string, nullable
    - `createdByApiKeyId` string, nullable
    - `createdByApiKeyLabel` string, nullable
    - `updatedAt` string, nullable
    - `updatedByImpersonateId` string, nullable
    - `updatedByImpersonateName` string, nullable
    - `updatedByUserId` string, nullable
    - `updatedByUserName` string, nullable
    - `updatedByCompanyId` string, nullable
    - `updatedByCompanyName` string, nullable
    - `updatedByApiKeyId` string, nullable
    - `updatedByApiKeyLabel` string, nullable

## Other responses

- `400`: Default Response
- `401`: Default Response
- `403`: Default Response

## Changes

> 108 revisions in range; 2 not diffed.

- **2026-10-06** `6f6121dab5c2`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/retraced/apis/api-reference/changes/api/admin/audit-types/post.md)

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