> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.digitalsamba.com/reference/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.digitalsamba.com/reference/rest-api/polls/create.md).

# Create

To create a predefined poll you need to execute a **POST** request against the **/rooms/:id/polls** endpoint.

Predefined polls are loaded on session start.

You need to specify the poll question and also an array of the poll options. With the **multiple** param you can control if is a multiple choice question or not.

{% hint style="info" %}
A poll can be configured to be **anonymous** - that means nobody in the room will be able to see who voted for what exact option. Only the total amount of votes will be seen, but not the concrete users.
{% endhint %}

#### Request

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}
{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --url https://api.digitalsamba.com/api/v1/rooms/c39d7c40-7ff7-4faa-b06f-698a639a9523/polls \
  --user YOUR_TEAM_ID:YOUR_DEVELOPER_KEY \
  --data '{"question": "How many languages do you speak?", "multiple": false, "anonymous": false, "options": [{"text": "One"}, {"text": "Two"},{"text": "Three"}, {"text": "More than three"}]}'
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}

```java
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodyHandlers;
import java.util.Base64;
import java.util.Map;

String TEAM_ID = "YOUR_TEAM_ID";
String DEVELOPER_KEY = "YOUR_DEVELOPER_KEY";
String authorizationHeader = "Bearer " + Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString((TEAM_ID + ":" + DEVELOPER_KEY).getBytes());

//Put your room id or friendly_url (name) here - this value is just an example
String roomId = "c39d7c40-7ff7-4faa-b06f-698a639a9523";

Map<String, Object> data = Map.of(
    "question", "How many languages do you speak?",
    "multiple", false,
    "anonymous", false,
    "options", new Object[] { 
        Map.of("text", "One"),
	      Map.of("text", "Two"),
	      Map.of("text", "Three"),
	      Map.of("text", "More than three")
    }			
);
String jsonData = new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(data);

HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
  .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(jsonData))
  .uri(new URI("https://api.digitalsamba.com/api/v1/rooms/" + roomId + "/polls"))
  .header("Authorization", authorizationHeader)
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .build();

HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, BodyHandlers.ofString());

System.out.println("Status code: " + response.statusCode());
System.out.println("Body: " + response.body());
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

#### Response (200 OK)

```json
{
    "id": "c15102d9-ed47-468c-8e5a-86be0c97c296",
    "question": "How many languages do you speak?",
    "anonymous": false,
    "multiple": false,
    "status": "created",
    "options": [
        {"id":"f7524f3d-41f9-46bc-9dbf-918d5fd39618", "text":"One"},
        {"id":"1a4879dc-3a93-4e3d-8cae-5e1e6ed878f9", "text":"Two"},
        {"id":"f8877655-4470-4b26-9834-cd5016da79c3", "text":"Three"},
        {"id":"9b7c51c8-bc62-46db-8b7e-e28ed5d4d336", "text":"More than three"}
    ],
    "created_at":"2024-06-27T06:49:45Z"
}
```