# Is it permissible to include relationships within the 'included' attribute for the 201 (POST) response?

**URL:** https://discuss.jsonapi.org/t/is-it-permissible-to-include-relationships-within-the-included-attribute-for-the-201-post-response/2720
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**Created:** [October 20, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.jsonapi.org/t/is-it-permissible-to-include-relationships-within-the-included-attribute-for-the-201-post-response/2720 "2023-10-20T13:09:07Z")
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### Author: ![zain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6a8cbe/32.png) [@zain](https://discuss.jsonapi.org/u/zain)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.jsonapi.org/t/is-it-permissible-to-include-relationships-within-the-included-attribute-for-the-201-post-response/2720/1 "2023-10-20T13:09:07Z")

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Is it permissible to make a POST request without specifying relationships, letting the API determine them based on the provided data, and then receive a 201 Created response with both the data and its relationships included in the attributes? Can the ‘include’ query parameter be used with a POST request?

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### Author: ![bf4](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.jsonapi.org/bf4/32/54_2.png) [@bf4](https://discuss.jsonapi.org/u/bf4)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://discuss.jsonapi.org/t/is-it-permissible-to-include-relationships-within-the-included-attribute-for-the-201-post-response/2720/2 "2023-10-24T04:15:22Z")

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Yes in my experience.

The query param instructs the response document independently of the post body contents