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# Create Geofence

### Create Geofence

This endpoint creates a geofence

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `{baseUrl}/geofence`

#### Request Body

| Field         | Type     | Required | Description          |
| ------------- | -------- | -------- | -------------------- |
| `name`        | `string` | ✅        | Name of geofence.    |
| `description` | `string` | ❌        | Geofence description |
| `area`        | `string` | ✅        | Geofence area        |

#### Sample Success Data

```
//Sample Request Body
{
    "name": "Test_Island_Geofence",
    "description": "Island coverage locations",
    "area": "POLYGON ((6.57955384860341 3.428432957806109, 6.4082822454249 3.44384423420928, 6.421780818038414 3.5975749615640495, 6.574921615748536 3.6404239396161984, 6.57955384860341 3.428432957806109))"
}
```

#### Sample Success Response

```
//Sample success response
{
    "status": true,
    "message": "Geofence successfully created",
    "data": {}
}
```