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# Save an action

POST https://api.cloudraker.com/v1/actions
Content-Type: application/json

Saves a reusable, named configuration for a capability so calls stop repeating themselves.

Pass a saved action to any run as `action: "<id or slug>"`. Inline config on the call is deep-merged over the saved config, and inline wins — so one saved action can be nudged per call without being redefined.

```json
{
  "capability": "extract",
  "name": "W-9 basics",
  "config": {
    "schema": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "business_name": { "type": ["string", "null"] },
        "tax_classification": { "type": ["string", "null"] }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Saved actions are also what governance, record-type binding and stable configuration under [keep](https://docs.cloudraker.com/api/cloud-raker-api/runs/keep-run) hang off. Check [the catalog](https://docs.cloudraker.com/api/cloud-raker-api/actions/list-capabilities) for the config schema of the capability you are saving.

**Learn more:** [Pipeline guide](https://docs.cloudraker.com/capabilities/pipeline)

**Deprecated:** saved actions are becoming per-capability configs — use `POST/GET/PATCH/DELETE /v1/{capability}/configs` instead (`/v1/extract/configs`, `/v1/redact/configs`, `/v1/fill/configs`). Signing keeps using `POST /v1/sign`.

Reference: https://docs.cloudraker.com/paperwork/api/actions/create-action

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required)

## Request

### Body (application/json)

- `capability` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `extract`, `redact`, `fill`, `sign`, `classify`, `split`, `compose`
- `name` (string, required)
- `config` (map from string to any, optional)
- `mimeType` (string, optional)

## Response

### 201

The saved action.

- `object` ("action", required)
- `id` (string, required)
- `slug` (string, required)
- `name` (string, required)
- `capability` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `extract`, `redact`, `fill`, `sign`, `classify`, `split`, `compose`
- `config` (map from string to any, required)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "capability": "extract",
  "name": "Medical intake"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "object": "string",
  "id": "string",
  "slug": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "capability": "extract",
  "config": {}
}
```

**SDK Code**

```typescript
import { CloudRakerClient } from "@cloudraker/api";

async function main() {
    const client = new CloudRakerClient({
        token: "YOUR_TOKEN_HERE",
    });
    await client.actions.createAction({
        capability: "extract",
        name: "Medical intake",
    });
}
main();

```

```python
from cloudraker import CloudRaker

client = CloudRaker(
    token="YOUR_TOKEN_HERE",
)

client.actions.create_action(
    capability="extract",
    name="Medical intake",
)

```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.cloudraker.com/v1/actions"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"capability\": \"extract\",\n  \"name\": \"Medical intake\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	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("https://api.cloudraker.com/v1/actions")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"capability\": \"extract\",\n  \"name\": \"Medical intake\"\n}"

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("https://api.cloudraker.com/v1/actions")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"capability\": \"extract\",\n  \"name\": \"Medical intake\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.cloudraker.com/v1/actions', [
  'body' => '{
  "capability": "extract",
  "name": "Medical intake"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.cloudraker.com/v1/actions");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"capability\": \"extract\",\n  \"name\": \"Medical intake\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "capability": "extract",
  "name": "Medical intake"
] as [String : Any]

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

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.cloudraker.com/v1/actions")! 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()
```