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POST
/
units-of-measure
Create unit of measure
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/units-of-measure \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<string>",
  "abbreviation": "<string>",
  "type": "<string>",
  "base_conversion_factor": 123,
  "is_base": true
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/units-of-measure"

payload = {
"name": "<string>",
"abbreviation": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"base_conversion_factor": 123,
"is_base": True
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: '<string>',
abbreviation: '<string>',
type: '<string>',
base_conversion_factor: 123,
is_base: true
})
};

fetch('https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/units-of-measure', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/units-of-measure",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => '<string>',
'abbreviation' => '<string>',
'type' => '<string>',
'base_conversion_factor' => 123,
'is_base' => true
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/units-of-measure"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"abbreviation\": \"<string>\",\n \"type\": \"<string>\",\n \"base_conversion_factor\": 123,\n \"is_base\": true\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/units-of-measure")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"abbreviation\": \"<string>\",\n \"type\": \"<string>\",\n \"base_conversion_factor\": 123,\n \"is_base\": true\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.arcuserp.com/v1/units-of-measure")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"abbreviation\": \"<string>\",\n \"type\": \"<string>\",\n \"base_conversion_factor\": 123,\n \"is_base\": true\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{}
{
"error": "not_found",
"code": "not_found",
"type": "not_found",
"hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
"param": "expand[0]",
"required": "accounts:read",
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}
{
"error": "not_found",
"code": "not_found",
"type": "not_found",
"hint": "The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this entity.",
"param": "expand[0]",
"required": "accounts:read",
"request_id": "req_abc123"
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API key issued per entity via Settings > Developers > API Keys. Each key carries scopes (e.g. orders:read, products:write). Bearer token format: Authorization: Bearer ark_live_ent_Test keys use ark_test_ent_. Both are issued per entity
via Settings > Developers > API Keys.

Headers

Idempotency-Key
string

Body

application/json
name
string
required
abbreviation
string
required
type
string
required
base_conversion_factor
number
is_base
boolean

Response

Created UoM

The response is of type object.