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# Enable Counties

POST http://localhost:8080/api/v3/counties
Content-Type: application/json

Body is a raw JSON array of county IDs (no wrapper object). Returns 200 despite the 'created' wording.

Reference: https://apidocs.sare.africa/sare-core-api/location/enable-counties

## Request

### Headers

- `Authorization` (string, optional)

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a list of string.

- `list of string`

## Response

### 200

200 OK

- `code` (integer, optional)
- `message` (string, optional)
- `data` (list of CountiesPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItems, optional)

## Types

### CountiesPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItems

- `id` (string, optional)
- `name` (string, optional)
- `countyCode` (string, optional)
- `isActive` (boolean, optional)
- `regionCount` (integer, optional)
- `areaCount` (integer, optional)
- `subRegionCount` (integer, optional)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
[
  "cty0a1b2-3c4d-4e5f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b"
]
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "code": 200,
  "message": "County created successfully",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "cty0a1b2-3c4d-4e5f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b",
      "name": "Nairobi",
      "countyCode": "047",
      "isActive": true,
      "regionCount": 3,
      "areaCount": 12,
      "subRegionCount": 5
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Location_enableCounties_example
import requests

url = "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/counties"

payload = ["cty0a1b2-3c4d-4e5f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b"]
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Location_enableCounties_example
const url = 'http://localhost:8080/api/v3/counties';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer {{accessToken}}', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '["cty0a1b2-3c4d-4e5f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b"]'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Location_enableCounties_example
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/counties"

	payload := strings.NewReader("[\n  \"cty0a1b2-3c4d-4e5f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b\"\n]")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Location_enableCounties_example
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/counties")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "[\n  \"cty0a1b2-3c4d-4e5f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b\"\n]"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Location_enableCounties_example
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/counties")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("[\n  \"cty0a1b2-3c4d-4e5f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b\"\n]")
  .asString();
```

```php Location_enableCounties_example
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'http://localhost:8080/api/v3/counties', [
  'body' => '[
  "cty0a1b2-3c4d-4e5f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b"
]',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {{accessToken}}',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Location_enableCounties_example
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/counties");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "[\n  \"cty0a1b2-3c4d-4e5f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b\"\n]", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Location_enableCounties_example
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["cty0a1b2-3c4d-4e5f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b"] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/counties")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```