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# Create business

> Register a new business under your client account.

## Endpoint

```
POST /clients/business
```

## Headers

<ParamField header="Authorization" type="string" required>
  `Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN`
</ParamField>

<ParamField header="SECRET_KEY" type="string" required>
  Your API secret key.
</ParamField>

## Request body

<ParamField body="businessName" type="string" required>
  The legal name of the business.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="countryId" type="string" required>
  The ID of the country where the business is registered.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="isNewBusiness" type="boolean" required>
  Set to `true` if this is a newly registered business, `false` if it is an existing one.
</ParamField>

## Response

<ResponseField name="status" type="boolean">
  `true` on success.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="message" type="string">
  Human-readable outcome.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data.business.id" type="string">
  The unique ID of the newly created business. Save this — you will use it as your `businessId` header on subsequent requests.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data.business.businessName" type="string">
  The name of the business as registered.
</ResponseField>

## Code examples

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X POST https://sandbox.stellasbank.com/api/v1/clients/business \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
    -H "SECRET_KEY: YOUR_SECRET_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
      "businessName": "Acme Ltd",
      "countryId": "NG",
      "isNewBusiness": true
    }'
  ```

  ```js Node.js theme={null}
  const res = await fetch("https://sandbox.stellasbank.com/api/v1/clients/business", {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN",
      SECRET_KEY: "YOUR_SECRET_KEY",
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      businessName: "Acme Ltd",
      countryId: "NG",
      isNewBusiness: true,
    }),
  });
  const { data } = await res.json();
  const businessId = data.business.id;
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  res = requests.post(
      "https://sandbox.stellasbank.com/api/v1/clients/business",
      headers={
          "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN",
          "SECRET_KEY": "YOUR_SECRET_KEY",
      },
      json={"businessName": "Acme Ltd", "countryId": "NG", "isNewBusiness": True},
  )
  business_id = res.json()["data"]["business"]["id"]
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Example response

```json theme={null}
{
  "status": true,
  "message": "Business created successfully",
  "data": {
    "business": {
      "id": "biz_xyz789",
      "businessName": "Acme Ltd"
    }
  }
}
```