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# Create a device template

POST http://localhost:3000/configuration_manager/templates
Content-Type: application/json

Creates a new device template in pronghorn.

Reference: https://docs.itential.com/itential-platform/6/api-reference/configuration-manager/create-device-template

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — Basic authentication of the form `Basic <base64(username:password)>`.

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `name` (string, optional)
- `template` (string, optional)
- `variables` (object, optional)
- `options` (object, optional)
  - `deviceOSTypes` (list of any, optional)

## Response

### 200

Result of creating a new device template

- `result` (string, optional)
- `data` (object, optional)

## Errors

### 500 Internal Server Error

Error response from API

- `any`

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "result": "success",
  "data": {
    "created": "2021-07-29T20:52:57.378Z",
    "createdBy": "5eaaf3796b16027c8aeb612a",
    "gbac": {
      "read": [],
      "write": []
    },
    "id": "610315295595a5fcb99f8ce2",
    "name": "Cisco Login Banner",
    "template": "banner login {{ bannerBody }}",
    "updated": "2021-07-29T20:52:57.378Z",
    "updatedBy": "5eaaf3796b16027c8aeb612a",
    "variables": {
      "bannerBody": "Welcome to this Cisco Device."
    }
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "http://localhost:3000/configuration_manager/templates"

payload = {}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'http://localhost:3000/configuration_manager/templates';
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, body: '{}'};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "http://localhost:3000/configuration_manager/templates"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://localhost:3000/configuration_manager/templates")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("http://localhost:3000/configuration_manager/templates")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'http://localhost:3000/configuration_manager/templates', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("http://localhost:3000/configuration_manager/templates");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Content-Type": "application/json"]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:3000/configuration_manager/templates")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```