# How to successfully create a contract using python request lib? **URL:** \ **Category:** App Development\ **Tags:** daml, json-api\ **Created:** [July 22, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.canton.network/t/how-to-successfully-create-a-contract-using-python-request-lib/891 "2020-07-22T03:18:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KsarCapital](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.canton.network/ksarcapital/32/644_2.png) [@KsarCapital](https://forum.canton.network/u/KsarCapital)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.canton.network/t/how-to-successfully-create-a-contract-using-python-request-lib/891/1 "2020-07-22T03:18:10Z")
Hello Damler’s my snadbox is runing against my ledger id my json api is also runing but when ever I run a python script to create a contract, the token was specified by authentication using JWT same ledger id used to start sandbox. under `ui/package.json` i have added `"proxy": "http://localhost:7575" ` I am getting the following error: ```haskell HTTP service responded: {'errors': ['HttpMethod(POST), uri: http://localhost:7575/command/create'], 'status': 404} ``` Please advise Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![cocreature](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.canton.network/cocreature/32/36_2.png) [@cocreature](https://forum.canton.network/u/cocreature)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.canton.network/t/how-to-successfully-create-a-contract-using-python-request-lib/891/2 "2020-07-22T04:14:27Z")
Hi @KsarCapital, welcome to the forum! The endpoint for creating new contracts is `/v1/create` not `/command/create` which seems to be what your code is using. You can find this and more information in the [docs](https://docs.daml.com/json-api/index.html#http-request). Let us know if changing that fixes your issue! ---
**Author:** ![andreolf](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.canton.network/andreolf/32/491_2.png) [@andreolf](https://forum.canton.network/u/andreolf)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 7:02am UTC](https://forum.canton.network/t/how-to-successfully-create-a-contract-using-python-request-lib/891/3 "2020-07-22T07:02:22Z")
Welcome to the forum @KsarCapital! ---
**Author:** ![KsarCapital](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.canton.network/ksarcapital/32/644_2.png) [@KsarCapital](https://forum.canton.network/u/KsarCapital)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.canton.network/t/how-to-successfully-create-a-contract-using-python-request-lib/891/4 "2020-07-22T19:48:55Z")
I have got a different error: Cause: spray.json.DeserializationException: Expected JsString([:]:), got: {“entityName”:“Transfer”,“moduleName”:“Main”}’], ‘status’: 400} Many thanks for the pointer @cocreature, ---
**Author:** ![cocreature](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.canton.network/cocreature/32/36_2.png) [@cocreature](https://forum.canton.network/u/cocreature)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.canton.network/t/how-to-successfully-create-a-contract-using-python-request-lib/891/5 "2020-07-22T23:02:10Z")
Hi @KsarCapital, if you look at the linked docs for the `/v1/create` request, you can see an example of the format for the request body ```haskell { "templateId": "Iou:Iou", "payload": { "issuer": "Alice", "owner": "Alice", "currency": "USD", "amount": "999.99", "observers": [] } } ``` There is no `entityName` and `moduleName` field. Instead there is a single `templateId` field with (optional package id, ) module and entity name separated by colons. Are you maybe working based on some old documentation that uses a different format? ---
**Author:** ![KsarCapital](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.canton.network/ksarcapital/32/644_2.png) [@KsarCapital](https://forum.canton.network/u/KsarCapital)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.canton.network/t/how-to-successfully-create-a-contract-using-python-request-lib/891/6 "2020-07-22T23:50:37Z")
sdk-version: 1.3.0 daml 1.2 ---
**Author:** ![KsarCapital](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.canton.network/ksarcapital/32/644_2.png) [@KsarCapital](https://forum.canton.network/u/KsarCapital)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.canton.network/t/how-to-successfully-create-a-contract-using-python-request-lib/891/7 "2020-07-23T00:08:22Z")
Here is my request: return requests.post( ``` f"{endpoint}/v1/create", headers = tokenHeader, json = { "templateId" : { "moduleName": "Main", "entityName": contractName }, "meta" : { "ledgerEffectiveTime": epoch # Wall time unsupported on DABL }, "argument": { "event": damlDict, "owner": singatoryParty, "obs": singatoryParty } }, verify=False ``` ) ---
**Author:** ![cocreature](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.canton.network/cocreature/32/36_2.png) [@cocreature](https://forum.canton.network/u/cocreature)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.canton.network/t/how-to-successfully-create-a-contract-using-python-request-lib/891/8 "2020-07-23T06:43:10Z")
If you compare the JSON response body in your code to the one in the docs, there are 3 differences: 1. `templateId` should be a single string with module name and entity name separate by `:`. 2. You don’t need to set anything in `meta`. 3. `argument` is called `payload`. If you change those things in your example, you get ```haskell { "templateId" : "Main:{}".format(contractName), "payload": { "event": damlDict, "owner": singatoryParty, "obs": singatoryParty } } ``` which should hopefully do the trick. Could you share where you got the format in your code from? This used to be the syntax a few months ago (way before SDK 1.0.0) but there might still be some documentation that we need to update.