---
title: "Post Theme Revision Cause"
method: POST
path: "/shared-theses/{shared_thesis_id}/history/{version_number}/causes"
tags: ["shared theses"]
---

# Post Theme Revision Cause

`POST /shared-theses/{shared_thesis_id}/history/{version_number}/causes`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.tickertrac.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.tickertrac.com/shared-theses/{shared_thesis_id}/history/{version_number}/causes`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `X-API-Key`

## Path parameters

- `shared_thesis_id` integer, required
- `version_number` integer, required

## Request body

- ThemeRevisionCauseIn
  - `kind` 'theme_finding', required
  - `referent_id` integer, required

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- ThesisRevisionNoteOut
  - `version_number` integer, required
  - `rationale` string, nullable
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `causes` ThesisRevisionCauseOut[]
    - `id` integer, required
    - `kind` 'alert' | 'source_event' | 'theme_finding', required
    - `referent_id` integer, nullable
    - `title` string, required
    - `occurred_at` string, date-time, required
    - `available_at` string, date-time, required
    - `source_url` string, nullable
    - `detail` string, nullable
    - `thesis_impact` 'strengthened' | 'weakened' | 'broken' | 'uncertain', nullable
    - `relationship` 'support' | 'contradict' | 'neutral', nullable
    - `evaluation_version` string, nullable
    - `referent_available` boolean, required
    - `asserted_by_user` true

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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