> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://devdocs.xbox.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create Matchmaking Ticket > Create a matchmaking ticket as a client. ## Error codes This operation may return the following PlayFab errors: | Error | Code | | --- | --- | | MatchmakingAttributeInvalid | 2046 | | MatchmakingBadRequest | 2059 | | MatchmakingEntityInvalid | 2001 | | MatchmakingMemberProfileInvalid | 2032 | | MatchmakingNumberOfPlayersInTicketTooLarge | 2044 | | MatchmakingPlayerAttributesInvalid | 2002 | | MatchmakingPlayerAttributesTooLarge | 2043 | | MatchmakingQueueNotFound | 2016 | | MatchmakingRateLimitExceeded | 2054 | | MatchmakingTicketMembershipLimitExceeded | 2055 | | MatchmakingUnauthorized | 2056 | ## OpenAPI ````yaml post /Match/CreateMatchmakingTicket openapi: 3.0.0 info: version: '260922' title: PlayFab Multiplayer API description: >- API methods for managing multiplayer servers. API methods for managing parties. The lobby service helps players group together to play multiplayer games. It is often used as a rendezvous point for players to share connection information. The TrueSkill service helps titles to estimate a player's skill based on their match results. The player skill values from this service are commonly used by a matchmaking service to provide players with balanced matches. termsOfService: https://playfab.com/terms/ contact: url: https://community.playfab.com/index.html license: name: Apache 2.0 url: https://github.com/PlayFab/API_Specs/blob/master/LICENSE servers: - url: https://{titleId}.playfabapi.com description: PlayFab title endpoint variables: titleId: default: your_title_id description: Your PlayFab title ID (hex). security: [] tags: - name: Lobby description: '' - name: Matchmaking description: Matchmaking APIs - name: Matchmaking Admin description: Matchmaking Admin APIs - name: MultiplayerServer description: Multiplayer Server APIs - name: PubSub description: PlayFab PubSub APIs - name: TrueSkill description: TrueSkill APIs - name: TrueSkill Admin description: TrueSkill Admin APIs paths: /Match/CreateMatchmakingTicket: post: tags: - Matchmaking summary: Create Matchmaking Ticket description: | Create a matchmaking ticket as a client. ## Error codes This operation may return the following PlayFab errors: | Error | Code | | --- | --- | | MatchmakingAttributeInvalid | 2046 | | MatchmakingBadRequest | 2059 | | MatchmakingEntityInvalid | 2001 | | MatchmakingMemberProfileInvalid | 2032 | | MatchmakingNumberOfPlayersInTicketTooLarge | 2044 | | MatchmakingPlayerAttributesInvalid | 2002 | | MatchmakingPlayerAttributesTooLarge | 2043 | | MatchmakingQueueNotFound | 2016 | | MatchmakingRateLimitExceeded | 2054 | | MatchmakingTicketMembershipLimitExceeded | 2055 | | MatchmakingUnauthorized | 2056 | operationId: CreateMatchmakingTicket requestBody: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateMatchmakingTicketRequest' description: >- The client specifies the creator's attributes and optionally a list of other users to match with. responses: '200': $ref: '#/components/responses/CreateMatchmakingTicketResult' '400': $ref: '#/components/responses/ApiErrorWrapper' security: - EntityToken: [] components: schemas: CreateMatchmakingTicketRequest: description: >- The client specifies the creator's attributes and optionally a list of other users to match with. type: object properties: Creator: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/MatchmakingPlayer' description: The User who created this ticket. CustomTags: description: >- The optional custom tags associated with the request (e.g. build number, external trace identifiers, etc.). type: object GiveUpAfterSeconds: description: How long to attempt matching this ticket in seconds. type: number x-actualtype: int32 MembersToMatchWith: description: A list of Entity Keys of other users to match with. type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityKey' x-isclass: true QueueName: description: The Id of a match queue. type: string required: - Creator - GiveUpAfterSeconds - QueueName example: Creator: {} MembersToMatchWith: [] GiveUpAfterSeconds: 100 QueueName: custom123 MatchmakingPlayer: description: A user in a matchmaking ticket. type: object properties: Attributes: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/MatchmakingPlayerAttributes' description: The user's attributes custom to the title. Entity: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityKey' description: The entity key of the matchmaking user. required: - Entity EntityKey: description: >- Combined entity type and ID structure which uniquely identifies a single entity. type: object properties: Id: description: Unique ID of the entity. type: string Type: description: >- Entity type. See https://learn.microsoft.com/gaming/playfab/features/data/entities/available-built-in-entity-types type: string required: - Id CreateMatchmakingTicketResult: type: object properties: TicketId: description: The Id of the ticket to find a match for. type: string required: - TicketId example: TicketId: 1c4b0daa-150e-47ae-9923-d770c0f9b07c ApiErrorWrapper: description: The basic wrapper around every failed API response type: object properties: code: description: Numerical HTTP code type: integer status: description: String HTTP code type: string error: description: Playfab error code type: string errorCode: description: Numerical PlayFab error code type: integer errorMessage: description: Description for the PlayFab errorCode type: string errorDetails: description: Detailed description of individual issues with the request object type: object required: - code - errorCode MatchmakingPlayerAttributes: description: The matchmaking attributes for a user. type: object properties: DataObject: description: A data object representing a user's attributes. type: object EscapedDataObject: description: An escaped data object representing a user's attributes. type: string responses: CreateMatchmakingTicketResult: description: '' content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: code: type: integer description: >- The Http status code. If X-ReportErrorAsSuccess header is set to true, this will report the actual http error code. status: type: string description: The Http status code as a string. data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateMatchmakingTicketResult' example: code: 200 status: OK data: TicketId: 1c4b0daa-150e-47ae-9923-d770c0f9b07c ApiErrorWrapper: description: This is the outer wrapper for all responses with errors content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiErrorWrapper' securitySchemes: EntityToken: type: apiKey in: header name: X-EntityToken description: >- This API requires an Entity Session Token, available from the Entity GetEntityToken method. ```` ## Related topics - [Create Matchmaking Ticket](/api-reference/matchmaking/create-matchmaking-ticket.md) - [PFMultiplayerCreateMatchmakingTicket](/services/playfab/multiplayer/lobby/playfabmultiplayerreference-cpp/pfmatchmaking/functions/pfmultiplayercreatematchmakingticket.md) - [Matchmaking quickstart](/services/playfab/multiplayer/matchmaking/quickstart.md) - [PlayFabMultiplayer.CreateMatchmakingTicket](/services/playfab/multiplayer/lobby/unity-multiplayer-api-reference/PlayFab.Multiplayer/PlayFabMultiplayer/CreateMatchmakingTicket.md) - [Matchmaking SDK quickstart](/services/playfab/multiplayer/matchmaking/quickstart-client-sdk.md)