Create an incident record

task brazil Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read t_GetStartedCreateInt.md

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Use a POST request to create a new record.

Before you begin

Role required: admin, web_service_admin, or rest_api_explorer

About this task

Use the REST API Explorer to send the following request:

POST https://instance.service-now.com/api/now/v1/table/incident

For details about the Table API and examples, see Table API.

Procedure

In the top-left of the REST API Explorer, select Table API and version v1.
Click Create a record (POST).

For more information about this API endpoint, see Table - POST /now/table/{tableName}.
In the Path Parameters section, select the Incident (incident) table.
In the Request Body section, click Add a field.
Select a field and specify a value for that field.
Click the plus sign (+) and specify any additional field to assign a value to.

The request body updates automatically based on your entries, such as {"short_description":"Test incident creation through REST", "comments":"These are my comments"}
After constructing the request, click Send.

The response includes a Location header that specifies where the incident was created and how to retrieve the incident.

Tip: Record this header to use in the next part of this guide.

The response also indicates the Status code and Execution time (in milliseconds) of the request.

[Omitted image "rest-api-exp-post-response.png"] Alt text: REST API Explorer POST response

Parent Topic:Use the REST API Explorer

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---
title: Create an incident record
description: Use a POST request to create a new record.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/api-reference/rest-api-explorer/t\_GetStartedCreateInt.html
release: brazil
product: REST API Explorer
classification: rest-api-explorer
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Use the REST API Explorer, REST APIs, Web services, API implementation, API implementation and reference]
---

# Create an incident record

Use a POST request to create a new record.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin, web\_service\_admin, or rest\_api\_explorer

## About this task

Use the REST API Explorer to send the following request:

`POST https://instance.service-now.com/api/now/v1/table/incident`

For details about the Table API and examples, see [Table API](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/api-reference/rest-apis/c_TableAPI.md).

## Procedure

1. In the top-left of the REST API Explorer, select **Table API** and version **v1**.

2. Click **Create a record \(POST\)**.

For more information about this API endpoint, see [Table - POST /now/table/\{tableName\}](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/api-reference/rest-apis/c_TableAPI.md).

3. In the Path Parameters section, select the **Incident \(incident\)** table.

4. In the Request Body section, click **Add a field**.

5. Select a field and specify a value for that field.

6. Click the plus sign \(**+**\) and specify any additional field to assign a value to.

The request body updates automatically based on your entries, such as `{"short_description":"Test incident creation through REST", "comments":"These are my comments"}`

7. After constructing the request, click **Send**.

The response includes a Location header that specifies where the incident was created and how to retrieve the incident.

**Tip:** Record this header to use in the next part of this guide.

The response also indicates the **Status code** and **Execution time** \(in milliseconds\) of the request.

\[Omitted image "rest-api-exp-post-response.png"\] Alt text: REST API Explorer POST response

**Parent Topic:**[Use the REST API Explorer](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/api-reference/rest-api-explorer/use-REST-API-Explorer.md)