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# Add VIP employees

> Marks one or more mailboxes as VIP. Every address must belong to the organization: if any does not, nothing is written and the addresses come back in `not_in_org`. Addresses already on the list are reported in `already_vip` and are not an error. Audit-logged.



## OpenAPI

````yaml post /api/v1/settings/vip_employees
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  contact: {}
  title: Ocean Security API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: Ocean Security API for threat detection and security metrics
servers:
  - url: https://api.ocean.security
    description: Production server
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Threats
    description: Operations for retrieving threat information
  - name: Metrics
    description: Security metrics and analytics endpoints
paths:
  /api/v1/settings/vip_employees:
    post:
      tags:
        - VIP Employees
      summary: Add VIP employees
      description: >-
        Marks one or more mailboxes as VIP. Every address must belong to the
        organization: if any does not, nothing is written and the addresses come
        back in `not_in_org`. Addresses already on the list are reported in
        `already_vip` and are not an error. Audit-logged.
      parameters:
        - description: Authentication API Key
          in: header
          name: X-Api-Key
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: >-
                #/components/schemas/controllers_settings_vip.AddVipEmployeesRequest
        description: Mailboxes to mark as VIP
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Per-address outcome
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: >-
                  #/components/schemas/ocean_api_common.BaseResponse-controllers_settings_vip_AddVipEmployeesResult
        '400':
          description: Invalid request body
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/types.ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/types.ErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/types.ErrorResponse'
        '503':
          description: Could not verify organization membership
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/types.ErrorResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    controllers_settings_vip.AddVipEmployeesRequest:
      properties:
        comment:
          maxLength: 500
          type: string
        emails:
          items:
            type: string
          maxItems: 1000
          minItems: 1
          type: array
      required:
        - emails
      type: object
    ocean_api_common.BaseResponse-controllers_settings_vip_AddVipEmployeesResult:
      properties:
        results:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/controllers_settings_vip.AddVipEmployeesResult'
        status:
          type: integer
      type: object
    types.ErrorResponse:
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
      type: object
    controllers_settings_vip.AddVipEmployeesResult:
      properties:
        added:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
        already_vip:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
        not_in_org:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Api-Key
      description: API key for authentication

````