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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.

Creates a request to the Application Server.

## Definition

```csharp theme={null}
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. |