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# Create an incident record

# Create an incident record {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated August 1, 2024
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

Use a POST request to create a new record.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin, web_service_admin, or rest_api_explorer

## About this task

Use the REST API Explorer to send the following request:
POST https://instance.service-now.com/api/now/v1/table/incident

For details about the Table API and examples, see [Table API](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/1Gay5St9NtFuJYW7wnnCrg#c_TableAPI "The Table API provides endpoints that allow you to perform create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations on existing tables.").

## Procedure

1. In the top-left of the REST API Explorer, select Table API and version v1.
2. Click Create a record (POST).  
   For more information about this API endpoint, see [Table - POST /now/table/{tableName}](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/1Gay5St9NtFuJYW7wnnCrg#table-POST "Inserts one record in the specified table. Multiple record insertion is not supported by this method.").
3. In the Path Parameters section, select the Incident (incident) table.
4. In the Request Body section, click Add a field.
5. Select a field and specify a value for that field.
6. **Optional:** Click the plus sign (+) and specify any additional field to assign a value to.  
   The request body updates automatically based on your entries, such as `{"short_description":"Test incident creation through REST",
   "comments":"These are my comments"}`
7. After constructing the request, click Send.  
   The response includes a Location header that specifies where the incident was created and how to retrieve the incident.  
   Tip:  
   Record this header to use in the next part of this guide.

   The response also indicates the Status code and
   Execution time (in milliseconds) of the
   request.