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# Invite member

> Send an invitation to add a new team member to your business.

## Endpoint

```
POST /clients/members
```

## Headers

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

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

<ParamField header="businessId" type="string" required>
  The ID of the business you are inviting the member to.
</ParamField>

## Request body

<ParamField body="email" type="string" required>
  The email address of the person you want to invite. An invitation will be sent to this address with a registration link.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="memberRoleId" type="string" required>
  The ID of the role to assign to the new member. Retrieve available role IDs from [`GET /clients/members/roles`](/api-reference/members/roles).
</ParamField>

## Response

Returns `201 Created` on success.

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

<ResponseField name="message" type="string">
  Confirmation message, e.g. `"Invitation sent successfully"`.
</ResponseField>

## Code examples

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X POST https://sandbox.stellasbank.com/api/v1/clients/members \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
    -H "SECRET_KEY: YOUR_SECRET_KEY" \
    -H "businessId: YOUR_BUSINESS_ID" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
      "email": "newmember@example.com",
      "memberRoleId": "role_abc123"
    }'
  ```

  ```js Node.js theme={null}
  const res = await fetch("https://sandbox.stellasbank.com/api/v1/clients/members", {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN",
      SECRET_KEY: "YOUR_SECRET_KEY",
      businessId: "YOUR_BUSINESS_ID",
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      email: "newmember@example.com",
      memberRoleId: "role_abc123",
    }),
  });
  const json = await res.json();
  ```

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

  res = requests.post(
      "https://sandbox.stellasbank.com/api/v1/clients/members",
      headers={
          "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN",
          "SECRET_KEY": "YOUR_SECRET_KEY",
          "businessId": "YOUR_BUSINESS_ID",
      },
      json={"email": "newmember@example.com", "memberRoleId": "role_abc123"},
  )
  print(res.json())
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Example response

```json theme={null}
{
  "status": true,
  "message": "Invitation sent successfully"
}
```