Create Patient using API

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I am facing an issue creating a patient, I get the error message below:

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<head>
	<title>HTTP Status 400 – Bad Request</title>
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<body>
	<h1>HTTP Status 400 – Bad Request</h1>
	<hr class="line" />
	<p><b>Type</b> Exception Report</p>
	<p><b>Message</b> No serializer found for class org.springframework.validation.DefaultMessageCodesResolver and no
		properties discovered to create BeanSerializer (to avoid exception, disable
		SerializationFeature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS) (through reference chain:
		org.openmrs.module.webservices.validation.ValidationException[&quot;errors&quot;]-&gt;org.springframework.validation.BindException[&quot;bindingResult&quot;]-&gt;org.springframework.validation.BeanPropertyBindingResult[&quot;messageCodesResolver&quot;])
	</p>
	<p><b>Description</b> The server cannot or will not process the request due to something that is perceived to be a
		client error (e.g., malformed request syntax, invalid request message framing, or deceptive request routing).
	</p>
	<p><b>Exception</b></p>
	<pre>com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.InvalidDefinitionException: No serializer found for class org.springframework.validation.DefaultMessageCodesResolver and no properties discovered to create BeanSerializer (to avoid exception, disable SerializationFeature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS) (through reference chain: org.openmrs.module.webservices.validation.ValidationException[&quot;errors&quot;]-&gt;org.springframework.validation.BindException[&quot;bindingResult&quot;]-&gt;org.springframework.validation.BeanPropertyBindingResult[&quot;messageCodesResolver&quot;])
	com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.InvalidDefinitionException.from(InvalidDefinitionException.java:77)
	com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider.reportBadDefinition(SerializerProvider.java:1277)
	com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DatabindContext.reportBadDefinition(DatabindContext.java:400)
	com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.impl.UnknownSerializer.failForEmpty(UnknownSerializer.java:71)
	com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.impl.UnknownSerializer.serialize(UnknownSerializer.java:33)
	com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.BeanPropertyWriter.serializeAsField(BeanPropertyWriter.java:728)
	com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.BeanSerializerBase.serializeFields(BeanSerializerBase.java:755)
	com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.BeanSerializer.serialize(BeanSerializer.java:178)
	com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.BeanPropertyWriter.serializeAsField(BeanPropertyWriter.java:728)
	com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.BeanSerializerBase.serializeFields(BeanSerializerBase.java:755)
	com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.BeanSerializer.serialize(BeanSerializer.java:178)
	com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.BeanPropertyWriter.serializeAsField(BeanPropertyWriter.java:728)
	com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.BeanSerializerBase.serializeFields(BeanSerializerBase.java:755)
	com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.BeanSerializer.serialize(BeanSerializer.java:178)
	com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.DefaultSerializerProvider._serialize(DefaultSerializerProvider.java:480)
	com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.DefaultSerializerProvider.serializeValue(DefaultSerializerProvider.java:319)
	com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectWriter$Prefetch.serialize(ObjectWriter.java:1516)
	com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectWriter.writeValue(ObjectWriter.java:1006)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.view.json.AbstractJackson2View.writeContent(AbstractJackson2View.java:228)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.view.json.AbstractJackson2View.renderMergedOutputModel(AbstractJackson2View.java:172)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:316)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1373)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.processDispatchResult(DispatcherServlet.java:1118)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1057)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:943)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1006)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:909)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:661)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:883)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:742)
	org.openmrs.module.web.filter.ForcePasswordChangeFilter.doFilter(ForcePasswordChangeFilter.java:60)
	org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52)
	org.openmrs.module.web.filter.ModuleFilterChain.doFilter(ModuleFilterChain.java:73)
	org.openmrs.web.filter.GZIPFilter.doFilterInternal(GZIPFilter.java:65)
	org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:119)
	org.openmrs.module.web.filter.ModuleFilterChain.doFilter(ModuleFilterChain.java:71)
	org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.web.filter.AuthorizationFilter.doFilter(AuthorizationFilter.java:105)
	org.openmrs.module.web.filter.ModuleFilterChain.doFilter(ModuleFilterChain.java:71)
	org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.web.filter.ContentTypeFilter.doFilter(ContentTypeFilter.java:64)
	org.openmrs.module.web.filter.ModuleFilterChain.doFilter(ModuleFilterChain.java:71)
	org.springframework.web.filter.ShallowEtagHeaderFilter.doFilterInternal(ShallowEtagHeaderFilter.java:106)
	org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:119)
	org.openmrs.module.web.filter.ModuleFilterChain.doFilter(ModuleFilterChain.java:71)
	org.openmrs.module.owa.filter.OwaFilter.doFilter(OwaFilter.java:93)
	org.openmrs.module.owa.filter.OwaFilter.doFilter(OwaFilter.java:61)
	org.openmrs.module.web.filter.ModuleFilterChain.doFilter(ModuleFilterChain.java:71)
	org.openmrs.module.spa.filter.SpaFilter.doFilter(SpaFilter.java:53)
	org.openmrs.module.web.filter.ModuleFilterChain.doFilter(ModuleFilterChain.java:71)
	org.openmrs.module.web.filter.ModuleFilter.doFilter(ModuleFilter.java:57)
	org.openmrs.web.filter.OpenmrsFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenmrsFilter.java:105)
	org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:119)
	org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenSessionInViewFilter.java:156)
	org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:119)
	org.openmrs.web.filter.StartupFilter.doFilter(StartupFilter.java:108)
	org.openmrs.web.filter.StartupFilter.doFilter(StartupFilter.java:108)
	org.openmrs.web.filter.StartupFilter.doFilter(StartupFilter.java:108)
	org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:201)
	org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:119)
</pre>
	<p><b>Note</b> The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the server logs.</p>
	<hr class="line" />
	<h3>Apache Tomcat/8.5.39 (Ubuntu)</h3>
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Using Postman. I am wondering why it failed

This one failed:

{
   "person":{
      "names":[
            {
                "givenName": "Adolf",
                "familyName": "Hitler"
            }
        ],
        "gender": "M",
        "birthdate": "1889-04-20",
        "dead":true,
        "deathDate":"1945-04-30",
        "causeOfDeath":"Committed suicide by poisoning",
        "addresses": [
            {
                "address1": "Street 123, Main Stree",
                "cityVillage": "Berlin",
                "country": "Germany",
                "postalCode": "560037",
                "address4": "0779030237",
                "address5": "0782169348",
                "address6": "f_irasa@yahoo.com"
            }
         ]
     }, 
    "identifiers": [
         {
           "identifier":"10007F", 
           "identifierType":"05a29f94-c0ed-11e2-94be-8c13b969e334", 
           "location":"8d6c993e-c2cc-11de-8d13-0010c6dffd0f", 
           "preferred":true
         }
       ]
 }

This one was successful

{
   "person":{
      "names":[
            {
                "givenName": "Napoleon",
                "familyName": "Bonaparte"
            }
        ],
        "gender": "M",
        "birthdate": "1920-12-01",
        "addresses": [
            {
                "address1": "Street 123, Main Stree",
                "cityVillage": "Paris",
                "country": "France",
                "postalCode": "560037",
                "address4": "0779030237",
                "address5": "0782169348",
                "address6": "f_irasa@yahoo.com"
            }
         ]
     }, 
    "identifiers": [
         {
           "identifier":"1003C3", 
           "identifierType":"05a29f94-c0ed-11e2-94be-8c13b969e334", 
           "location":"8d6c993e-c2cc-11de-8d13-0010c6dffd0f", 
           "preferred":true
         }
       ]
 }
2

you are actually using a wrong payload,hope this helps Create Patient - Documentation - OpenMRS Wiki

3

Thanks, I found a solution using the link you provided.

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