# Issue a Verifiable Credential
## Issue a Verifiable Credential
> This endpoint issues a Verifiable Credential. As input it takes the list of issuerDid, subjectDid, attributes, and other parameters of the credential to be issued.
```json
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This needs to be a `did:key` DID.","type":"string"},"attributes":{"description":"JSON object containing the attributes to be included in the credential.","type":"object"},"@context":{"description":"Optional properties to be included in the `@context` property of the credential.","type":"array","items":{"type":"string"}},"type":{"description":"Optional properties to be included in the `type` property of the credential.","type":"array","items":{"type":"string"}},"expirationDate":{"description":"Optional expiration date according to the VC Data Model specification.","type":"string","format":"date-time"},"format":{"description":"Format of the Verifiable Credential. Defaults to VC-JWT.","type":"string","enum":["jwt","jsonld"]},"credentialStatus":{"description":"Optional `credentialStatus` properties for VC revocation or suspension. Takes `statusListName` and `statusListPurpose` as inputs.","type":"object","required":["statusPurpose","statusListName","statusListType"],"properties":{"statusPurpose":{"type":"string","enum":["revocation","suspension"]},"statusListName":{"type":"string"},"statusListType":{"type":"string","enum":["StatusList2021","BitstringStatusList"]},"statusListIndex":{"type":"number"},"statusListVersion":{"type":"string","format":"date-time"},"statusListRangeStart":{"type":"number"},"statusListRangeEnd":{"type":"number"},"indexNotIn":{"type":"number"}}},"termsOfUse":{"description":"Terms of use can be utilized by an issuer or a holder to communicate the terms under which a verifiable credential was issued.","type":"array","items":{"type":"object"}},"refreshService":{"description":"RefreshService property MUST be one or more refresh services that provides enough information to the recipient's software such that the recipient can refresh the verifiable credential.","type":"array","items":{"type":"object"}},"evidence":{"description":"Evidence property MUST be one or more evidence schemes providing enough information for a verifier to determine whether the evidence gathered by the issuer meets its confidence requirements for relying on the credential.","type":"array","items":{"type":"object"}}},"connector":{"type":"string","enum":["verida","resource"]},"required":["issuerDid","subjectDid","attributes"]},"Credential":{"description":"Input fields for revoking/suspending a Verifiable Credential.","type":"object","additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"@context":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"string"}},"type":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"string"}},"expirationDate":{"type":"string","format":"date-time"},"issuer":{"type":"object","properties":{"id":{"type":"string","format":"DID"}}},"credentialSubject":{"type":"object","properties":{"id":{"type":"string","format":"DID"}}},"credentialStatus":{"type":"object","properties":{"id":{"type":"string"},"statusListIndex":{"type":"number"},"statusPurpose":{"type":"string","enum":["revocation","suspension"]},"type":{"type":"string","enum":["StatusList2021Entry","BitstringStatusListEntry"]}}},"issuanceDate":{"type":"string","format":"date-time"},"proof":{"type":"object","properties":{"type":{"type":"string"},"jwt":{"type":"string"}}}}},"InvalidRequest":{"description":"A problem with the input fields has occurred. Additional state information plus metadata may be available in the response body.","type":"object","properties":{"error":{"type":"string"}}},"UnauthorizedError":{"description":"Access token is missing or invalid","type":"object","properties":{"error":{"type":"string"}}},"InternalError":{"description":"An internal error has occurred. Additional state information plus metadata may be available in the response body.","type":"object","properties":{"error":{"type":"string"}}}}},"paths":{"/credential/issue":{"post":{"tags":["Verifiable Credentials"],"summary":"Issue a Verifiable Credential","description":"This endpoint issues a Verifiable Credential. As input it takes the list of issuerDid, subjectDid, attributes, and other parameters of the credential to be issued.","requestBody":{"content":{"application/x-www-form-urlencoded":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/CredentialRequest"}},"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/CredentialRequest"}}}},"responses":{"200":{"description":"The request was successful.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/Credential"}}}},"400":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/InvalidRequest"},"401":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError"},"500":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/InternalError"}}}}}}
```
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