---
title: "Create a questionnaire"
method: POST
path: "/api/questionnaires/"
tags: ["Questionnaire"]
---

# Create a questionnaire

`POST /api/questionnaires/`

Creates a questionnaire for the calling company. With `templateId` set, the source questionnaire's sections and questions are copied onto the new one; the source must be owned by the caller's company or be an active Retraced template.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required
  - `status` 'ACTIVE' | 'COMPLETED' | 'DRAFT', required
  - `description` string
  - `dueDate` string, date-time
  - `templateId` union
    - string
    - unknown

## Response `201`

Default Response

- object
  - `metadata` object, required
    - `success` boolean, required — True when the request succeeded.
  - `data` object, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `companyId` string, nullable
    - `name` string, nullable
    - `description` string, nullable
    - `status` string, nullable
    - `isRetraced` string, nullable
    - `isTemplate` number, nullable
    - `isArchived` number, nullable
    - `isActive` number, nullable
    - `templateId` string, nullable
    - `statistics` object, nullable

## Other responses

- `400` — Default Response
- `401` — Default Response
- `403` — Default Response
- `404` — Default Response
- `409` — Default Response

## Changes

> 22 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2026-08-31** `97e51f27dc77` — 12 breaking, 1 warning, 12 info
  - request property `templateId/anyOf[subschema #2]/` was restricted to a list of enum values
  - the `templateId/anyOf[subschema #2]/` request property type/format changed from `null`/`` to `string`/``
  - the response property `data/companyId` became nullable for the status `201`
  - the response property `data/description` became nullable for the status `201`
  - …21 more
- **2026-08-13** `8b48cb95655b` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/retraced/apis/api-reference/changes/api/questionnaires/post.md)

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