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# Deploy an Inscription

### Deployment HCS-20 Structure

This is the stucture that is used to send to the topic, this payload has been humanised to be more understandable.

```
{
  "p": "hcs-20",
  "op": "deploy",
  "name": "point_name",
  "tick": "unique_point_identifier",
  "max": "max_supply",
  "lim": "optional_limit_of_mint_per_transaction",
  "metadata": "optional_metadata",
  "m": "optional_memo"
}
```

### Overview

There are 3 required fields needed to deploy an inscription:

* name
* ticker
* max (supply)

These are the optional fields you can use:

* topic\_id (your private application for controlling all points or inscriptions)
* limit (the amount of points or inscription amount that can be sent in one tx)
* metadata (any HIP412 compliant data, can be used for NFT/Art)
* memo (an additional memo at the deployment level)

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `https://hedera-serverless-consensus.vercel.app/api/inscription/deploy`

Deploy an Inscription

#### Headers

| Name                                        | Type   | Description                                                       |
| ------------------------------------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| x-api-key<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | The **API\_SECRET\_KEY** from the client's environment variables. |

#### Request Body

| Name                                     | Type   | Description                            |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------- |
| ticker<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> |        | Unique ticker of the inscription       |
| name<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark>   | String | Name of the inscription                |
| max<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark>    | Int    | Supply of the inscription              |
| topic\_id                                | String | your private topic for limiting access |
| limit                                    | Int    |                                        |
| metadata                                 | String |                                        |
| memo                                     | String |                                        |
|                                          |        |                                        |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200: OK Inscription Deployed" %}

```javascript
{
    // Response
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="401: Unauthorized Header Auth Missing/invalid" %}

```javascript
{
    // Response
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="422: Unprocessable Entity Missing params in body" %}

```javascript
{
    // Response
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}