> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.respondent.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> Create a test participant profile in the **staging environment only**. Use this to simulate screener responses and test your integration end-to-end without real participants.

# Create test participant (Staging only)



## OpenAPI

````yaml post /v1/profiles
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Partner API
  description: Public API for partner integrations
  version: '1.0'
  contact: {}
servers:
  - url: https://api-staging.respondent.io
security: []
tags: []
paths:
  /v1/profiles:
    post:
      tags:
        - profiles
      summary: Create test participant (Staging only)
      description: |-
        Creates a respondent profile associated to your organizationId.
        Auto verified email and work email.
        To be used for testing in staging only.
      operationId: ProfilesController_create
      parameters:
        - name: x-api-key
          in: header
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: x-api-secret
          in: header
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateProfileDto'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: ''
components:
  schemas:
    CreateProfileDto:
      type: object
      properties:
        email:
          type: string
        workEmail:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Need work email to make sure this participant is eligible for B2B
            projects.

            Note: Check if this email is not being used by any other
            participant, otherwise it will skip work email verification.
        firstName:
          type: string
        lastName:
          type: string
        password:
          type: string
        gender:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Gender'
      required:
        - email
        - workEmail
        - firstName
        - lastName
        - password
        - gender
    Gender:
      type: string
      enum:
        - male
        - female
        - other
        - nonbinary
        - transmale
        - transfemale
        - prefernottoanswer
        - N/A

````