> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://niagads.gitbook.io/vcpa/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://niagads.gitbook.io/vcpa/step-3-configure-your-project-information-in-the-tracking-database/3.2-create-the-project-in-the-tracking-database.md).

# 3.2 Create the project in the tracking database

#### After login to the tracking database, users can add a new project into the database by using the [command](https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html) below:

```
curl -sS -d project_name=${project_name} -d project_name_full=${project_name_full} -d project_desc=${projectdesc} -d project_center=${project_center} -d subproject_name=${subproject_name} "http://IP/v1/projects/add"
```

## Create the project

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `http://IP/v1/projects/add`

#### Request Body

| Name               | Type   | Description                                  |
| ------------------ | ------ | -------------------------------------------- |
| project\_name      | string | Abbreviations of the project name.           |
| project\_name\_ful | string | Full project name.                           |
| projectdesc        | string | Project description.                         |
| project\_center    | string | Where is the data generated / obtained from. |
| subproject\_name   | string | Subject project name.                        |
| IP                 | string | Public IP address.                           |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200 project successfully retrieved." %}

```javascript
{
    "status":"success",
    "project_id":"107"
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% hint style="success" %}
**The VCPA API will directly return a project ID (project\_id) for this project.**
{% endhint %}