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# Create Pathway Chat

> Create an instance of a pathway chat, which can be used to send and receive messages to the pathway.

### Headers

<ParamField header="authorization" type="string" required={true}>
  Your API key for authentication.
</ParamField>

### Path

<ParamField header="authorization" type="string" required={true}>
  Your API key for authentication.
</ParamField>

### Body

<ParamField body="pathway_id" type="string">
  Pathway ID of the pathway to create a chat instance for.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="start_node_id" type="string">
  The start node ID of the pathway.
</ParamField>

### Response

<ResponseField name="status" type="string">
  Can be `success` or `error`.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="chat_id" type="uuid">
  The ID of the chat instance created. This will be used to send and receive messages to the pathway via the /pathway/chat endpoint.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="message" type="string">
  If the status is success, the message will say “Chat instance created successfully.” Otherwise, if the status is error, the message will say “Error creating chat instance.”
</ResponseField>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response
  {
    "status": "success",
    "pathway_id": "9d404c1b-6a23-4426-953a-a52c392ff8f1"
  }

  ```
</ResponseExample>