**Usage**: `client.platform.contracts.publish(contract, identity)`
**Description**: This method will sign and broadcast any valid contract.

Parameters:

| parameters                | type      | required       | Description                                                                     |
|---------------------------|-----------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **contract**              | Contract  | yes            | A valid [created contract](../contracts/create.md)                     |
| **identity**              | Identity  | yes            | A valid [registered `application` identity](../identities/register.md) |

**Example**:
```js
const identityId = '';// Your identity identifier.
const identity = await client.platform.identities.get(identityId);
// See the contract.create documentation for more on how to create a dataContract
const contract = await client.platform.contracts.create(contractDefinitions, identity);
await client.platform.contracts.publish(contract, identity);
```

Returns : DataContractCreateTransition.