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# INVITE AN ORGANIZATION

Invites an organization to connect, and exchange releases with.

### <mark style="color:yellow;">`POST`</mark>  /invitations

{% hint style="info" %}
The governance app will handle the actual invitation, which allows the invited organization to register first if they are not yet on the network, and accept (or refuse) your invitation afterwards.
{% endhint %}

**In the body you have to specify:**

* **REFERENCE** (optional)&#x20;
  * Unique and returned when the invited organization has accepted your connection request.
  * This allows you to connect the address of that organization with your internal key (for instance an internal customer number).
  * You can put a client reference number in this field or any other string.
* **NAME** of the organization you want to connect to (mandatory).
* **VAT** number of the organization you want to connect to (mandatory).
* **EMAIL** of contact person in the organization you want to connect to (mandatory);
  * this email address will be used to send the connection request to that organization.

***

**EXAMPLE**

<div data-full-width="false"><figure><img src="https://3962621206-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F42KNM6Ikou97oywFeUuW%2Fuploads%2FMnvteFZY45ij2VUvTviS%2Fafbeelding.png?alt=media&amp;token=0940d89f-1483-47a8-83eb-d8b78b6bc825" alt=""><figcaption><p>server = <a href="https://URL+PORT/tmining/api/v1">https://url:port/tmining/api/v1</a></p></figcaption></figure></div>