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# Creating Tag

**`POST /api/v1/tags`**

Creates a new tag and associates it with the specified entity.

**Authentication:** Bearer token required (`Authorization: Bearer <token>`)

**Permission:** `Permissions.TAGS_TAG_CREATE`

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## Request

### Request Body

```json
{
  "name": "example-tag",
  "description": "A sample tag",
  "entity": "PolicyDocument",
  "target": "1706823489.123456789",
  "localTarget": "63e3e5e8a01b3c001234abcd",
  "uri": "https://example.com/tag-schema"
}
```

| Field         | Type   | Required | Description                                                                                               |
| ------------- | ------ | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `name`        | string | Yes      | Human-readable tag name                                                                                   |
| `description` | string | No       | Optional tag description                                                                                  |
| `entity`      | string | Yes      | Entity type the tag belongs to (e.g. `Schema`, `Policy`, `Token`, `Module`, `Contract`, `PolicyDocument`) |
| `target`      | string | Yes      | Hedera message ID of the target entity                                                                    |
| `localTarget` | string | No       | Local database ID of the target entity                                                                    |
| `uri`         | string | No       | URI of the tag schema                                                                                     |

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## Response

### Success Response

**Status:** `201 Created`

```json
{
  "id": "63e3e5e8a01b3c001234abcd",
  "name": "example-tag",
  "description": "A sample tag",
  "entity": "PolicyDocument",
  "target": "1706823489.123456789",
  "localTarget": "63e3e5e8a01b3c001234abcd",
  "uri": "https://example.com/tag-schema",
  "owner": "did:hedera:testnet:zHcDLGFNymFAJiMBKnpbHDgjvTn6yZnwkPPeFhtJBECH_0.0.4532001",
  "status": "Draft"
}
```

### Error Responses

| Status                      | Description               |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------- |
| `400 Bad Request`           | Malformed request body    |
| `401 Unauthorized`          | Missing or invalid token  |
| `403 Forbidden`             | Insufficient permissions  |
| `500 Internal Server Error` | Unexpected server failure |