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# Create connection

> Connects the app to a granted location as its POS receiver, provisioning and activating the integration.

POST`https://api.maple.inc/v1/locations/{locationId}/connection`API key

## Authorization

Send your API key as `Authorization: Bearer <key>`: `mpk_test_…` against the sandbox (`https://api.staging.maple.inc/v1`), `mpk_live_…` against production. See [Authentication](https://docs.maple.inc/developer-api/concepts/authentication.md). The samples read the key from `MAPLE_KEY` and the base URL from `MAPLE_BASE`, as set up in the [Quickstart](https://docs.maple.inc/developer-api/quickstart.md).

## Parameters

- `locationId` string path required

## Responses

### 200 OK

- `object` string required

  Always `connection`.

- `location_id` string required

- `status` string required

  One of `active`, `inactive`.

- `created_at` string required

- `updated_at` string required

### Errors

- `400` Bad request DeveloperApiBadRequest

- `401` Unauthorized DeveloperApiUnauthorized

- `403` Forbidden DeveloperApiForbidden

- `404` Not found DeveloperApiNotFound

- `409` Conflict DeveloperApiConflict

- `429` Too many requests DeveloperApiRateLimited

Every error body names the error in `_tag`, explains it in `message`, and says where to report it in `feedback`. See [Errors](https://docs.maple.inc/developer-api/concepts/errors.md).

A `429` also sends `Retry-After`: Seconds to wait before retrying; also returned as retry\_after in the body.

Create connection

```sh
curl -X POST "$MAPLE_BASE/locations/str_123/connection" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MAPLE_KEY"
```

```python
import os
import requests


r = requests.post(
    f"{os.environ['MAPLE_BASE']}/locations/str_123/connection",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['MAPLE_KEY']}"},
    timeout=30,
)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json())
```

```js
const res = await fetch(`${process.env.MAPLE_BASE}/locations/str_123/connection`, {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MAPLE_KEY}`,
  },
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`);
console.log(await res.json());
```

```json
{
  "object": "connection",
  "location_id": "str_123",
  "status": "active",
  "created_at": "string",
  "updated_at": "string"
}
```

```json
{
  "_tag": "DeveloperApiBadRequest",
  "code": "string",
  "message": "string",
  "feedback": "string"
}
```