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# Create a pricing policy

> Creates a sell-side pricing policy (`product_pricing_policies` row) for a product.
Each policy defines one qty-break tier on a pricing level or as a per-account override.

**Required:** `product_id` AND one of (`pricing_level_id` | `account_id`).

The combination of `(product_id, pricing_level_id, account_id, variant_id, min_quantity)`
must be unique for active policies. Duplicate scope returns `422 duplicate_pricing_policy_for_scope`.

Public field `min_quantity` maps to the canonical `qty_break` column.
Hard cap: max 100 nested policy rules per request (returns 413 if exceeded).

Idempotent via `Idempotency-Key` header.
Requires `products:write` scope.




## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.yaml post /pricing-policies
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Arcus ERP Public API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >
    Arcus ERP public REST API. Designed for external integrations and data
    migration.


    **Authentication.** Bearer token (API key) via the `Authorization` header.

    Format: `Authorization: Bearer ark_live_ent_<code>_<random>` (or
    `ark_test_*` for sandbox).

    API keys are issued per-entity in **Settings > Developers > API Keys**.


    **Entity scoping.** The entity is encoded in the API key prefix; routes are
    flat

    (e.g. `/v1/accounts`, `/v1/orders`, `/v1/products`). A small set of platform
    endpoints

    (migration, reconciliation, events, webhook endpoints, API keys) use the

    `/v1/entities/{entity_id}/...` form -- those are noted in their tags.


    **Key capabilities.**
      - Related-resource hydration via `?expand[]=` (see `x-arcus-expand` on each resource).
      - Cursor-based pagination (`starting_after` / `ending_before` / `limit`).
      - Idempotency via the `Idempotency-Key` header.
      - Webhook events for asynchronous notification.
      - Conditional requests / ETag for cache validation.
servers:
  - url: https://api.arcuserp.com/v1
    description: Arcus ERP API (accepts both live `ark_live_*` and test `ark_test_*` keys)
  - url: https://dev-api.arcuserp.com/v1
    description: >-
      Dev sandbox API (test-only data, accepts `ark_test_*` keys against dev
      RDS)
security: []
paths:
  /pricing-policies:
    post:
      tags:
        - Products
      summary: Create a pricing policy
      description: >
        Creates a sell-side pricing policy (`product_pricing_policies` row) for
        a product.

        Each policy defines one qty-break tier on a pricing level or as a
        per-account override.


        **Required:** `product_id` AND one of (`pricing_level_id` |
        `account_id`).


        The combination of `(product_id, pricing_level_id, account_id,
        variant_id, min_quantity)`

        must be unique for active policies. Duplicate scope returns `422
        duplicate_pricing_policy_for_scope`.


        Public field `min_quantity` maps to the canonical `qty_break` column.

        Hard cap: max 100 nested policy rules per request (returns 413 if
        exceeded).


        Idempotent via `Idempotency-Key` header.

        Requires `products:write` scope.
      operationId: createPricingPolicy
      parameters:
        - name: Idempotency-Key
          in: header
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - product_id
              properties:
                product_id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
                  description: Product this policy applies to
                pricing_level_id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
                  nullable: true
                  description: Pricing level UUID. Required if account_id not provided.
                account_id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
                  nullable: true
                  description: >-
                    Account-specific price override. Required if
                    pricing_level_id not provided.
                variant_id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
                  nullable: true
                  description: Scope to a specific variant (omit for product-wide)
                pricing_type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - regular
                    - multiplier
                  default: regular
                  description: >-
                    'regular' = absolute sell_price; 'multiplier' = sell_price
                    derived from list_price * adjustment
                min_quantity:
                  type: integer
                  minimum: 1
                  default: 1
                  description: >-
                    Minimum order qty to activate this tier. Must be unique per
                    scope.
                sell_price:
                  type: number
                  format: float
                  nullable: true
                  description: Absolute sell price (pricing_type='regular')
                list_price:
                  type: number
                  format: float
                  nullable: true
                  description: List price snapshot (pricing_type='multiplier')
                adjustment:
                  type: number
                  format: float
                  nullable: true
                  description: Multiplier adjustment (pricing_type='multiplier')
                margin_pct:
                  type: number
                  format: float
                  nullable: true
                  description: Margin percentage for reference
                is_active:
                  type: boolean
                  default: true
                is_default:
                  type: boolean
                  default: false
                  description: Mark as the default price for this product
                external_source:
                  type: string
                  nullable: true
                  description: Source system identifier (e.g. 'versa', 'bubble')
                external_id:
                  type: string
                  nullable: true
                  description: ID in the source system
                migration_batch_id:
                  type: string
                  format: uuid
                  nullable: true
                imported_at:
                  type: string
                  format: date-time
                  nullable: true
            example:
              product_id: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
              pricing_level_id: 660e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440001
              min_quantity: 1
              sell_price: 49.99
              pricing_type: regular
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created pricing policy
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      security:
        - ApiKeyAuth: []
components:
  responses:
    Error:
      description: Error response (400/401/403/404/409/422/429/500)
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
  schemas:
    ErrorEnvelope:
      type: object
      description: |
        Canonical error response envelope. All API errors use this shape.
      required:
        - error
        - code
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error key
          example: not_found
        code:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code (often same as error)
          example: not_found
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - validation_error
            - permission_error
            - not_found
            - conflict
            - rate_limit
            - internal
            - expand_error
            - not_implemented
          example: not_found
        hint:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable one-sentence explanation (English)
          example: >-
            The requested order does not exist or does not belong to this
            entity.
        param:
          type: string
          description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable
          example: expand[0]
        required:
          type: string
          description: The scope required (only on insufficient_scope errors)
          example: accounts:read
        request_id:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Unique request ID for support tracing (maps to CloudWatch log
            stream)
          example: req_abc123
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: |
        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_<code>_<random>
        Test keys use ark_test_ent_<code>_<random>. Both are issued per entity
        via Settings > Developers > API Keys.

````