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# Create protocol

> Creates a new clinical protocol for an institution.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json post /protocols
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: NextMed's Admin Service
  description: Documentation Admin Service v1.0.0
  contact:
    name: NextMed
    email: medchatbr@gmail.com
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: http://localhost:8081
    description: Admin Service (local)
  - url: http://localhost:8080/admin-service
    description: Local API (gateway)
security: []
tags:
  - name: User Controller
    description: Endpoints to handle users
  - name: Profile Controller
    description: Endpoints to handle user's profiles
  - name: Institution Controller
    description: Endpoints to handle institutions
  - name: Unity Controller
    description: Endpoints to handle institution's unities
  - name: Specialty Controller
    description: Endpoints to handle the available specialties
  - name: Protocol Controller
    description: >-
      Endpoints to manage clinical protocols (Admin): CRUD protocol, forms,
      questions, options, score ranges
paths:
  /protocols:
    post:
      tags:
        - Protocol Controller
      summary: Create protocol
      description: Creates a new clinical protocol for an institution.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateProtocolRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created protocol
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Protocol'
        '400':
          description: Validation error
components:
  schemas:
    CreateProtocolRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - institutionId
        - name
      properties:
        institutionId:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        name:
          type: string
        prompt:
          type: string
          nullable: true
    Protocol:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        institutionId:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        name:
          type: string
        prompt:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time

````