---
title: "Issues a credential and returns it in the response body."
method: POST
path: "/credentials/issue"
tags: ["Credentials"]
---

# Issues a credential and returns it in the response body.

`POST /credentials/issue`

Issues a credential and returns it in the response body.

## Request body

- IssueCredentialRequest
  - `credential` Credential — unresolved $ref
  - `options` IssueCredentialOptions — unresolved $ref

## Response `201`

Credential successfully issued!

- IssueCredentialResponse
  - `IssueCredentialResponse` VerifiableCredentialResponse — unresolved $ref

## Other responses

- `400` — The request could not be processed due to one of the following reasons: - The provided value of 'issuer' does not match the expected configuration. - Another condition that results in a Bad Request.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/w3c/apis/verifiable-credential-api-for-lifecycle-management.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/w3c/apis/verifiable-credential-api-for-lifecycle-management/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/w3c/verifiable-credential-api-for-lifecycle-management/revisions/3ba233461759/schema)