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# CreateRequest

> CreateRequest method in the ABBYY FlexiCapture Web Services API: submits a ServerRequest to the Application Server and returns the new request ID as an int.

## What it does

Creates a request to the Application Server.

## Definition

```
int CreateRequest( ServerRequest request );
```

## Parameters

| **Name** | **Type**                                                      | **Description**                               |
| -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| request  | [ServerRequest](/flexi-capture/api/structures/server-request) | A completed structure with request parameters |

## Returned value

| **Type** | **Description**                                 |
| -------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| int      | The ID of the request to the Application Server |