# service.adddependencies

### Description

`object service.adddependencies(object/array serviceDependencies)`

This method allows to create dependencies between services.

### Parameters

`(object/array)` Service dependencies to create.

Each service dependency has the following parameters.

|Parameter|Type|Description|
|---------|----|-----------|
|serviceid|string|ID of the service that depends on a service, that is, the parent service.|
|dependsOnServiceid|string|ID of the service that a service depends on, that is, the child service.|
|soft|string|Type of dependency.<br><br>Refer to the [service dependency object page](object#service_dependency) for more information on dependency types.|

### Return values

`(object)` Returns an object containing the IDs of the affected parent
services under the `serviceids` property.

### Examples

#### Creating a hard dependency

Make service "2" a hard-dependent child of service "3".

Request:

``` {.java}
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "service.adddependencies",
    "params": {
        "serviceid": "3",
        "dependsOnServiceid": "2",
        "soft": 0
    },
    "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
    "id": 1
}
```

Response:

``` {.java}
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": {
        "serviceids": [
            "3"
        ]
    },
    "id": 1
}
```

### See also

-   [service.update](update)

### Source

CService::addDependencies() in
*frontends/php/include/classes/api/services/CService.php*.