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# Create Product

POST http://localhost:8000/api/v1/products
Content-Type: application/json

**Endpoint:** `http://localhost:8000/api/v1/products`

Creates a new product in the catalog. Optionally assigns it to one or more categories.

## Request Body

| Field         | Type       | Required | Description                                     |
| ------------- | ---------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| `name`        | string     | ✓        | Product name                                    |
| `description` | string     | —        | Product description                             |
| `price`       | number     | ✓        | Unit price (decimal)                            |
| `is_active`   | boolean    | —        | Whether the product is active (default: `true`) |
| `categories`  | integer\[] | —        | Array of category IDs to assign                 |

### Example

```json
{
    "name": "OLED Display Module",
    "description": "I2C 128x64 pixels screen for microcontrollers",
    "price": 18500.00,
    "is_active": true,
    "categories": [2, 4]
}
```

## Response Schema `201 Created`

```json
{
    "data": {
        "id": "integer",
        "name": "string",
        "description": "string",
        "price": "number",
        "is_active": "boolean",
        "created_at": "string (ISO 8601)",
        "updated_at": "string (ISO 8601)",
        "categories": [
            {
                "id": "integer",
                "name": "string"
            }
        ]
    }
}
```

## Error Responses

| Status                     | Description                                  |
| -------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| `422 Unprocessable Entity` | Validation error — missing or invalid fields |

Reference: https://api.josecarlosonate.com/stock-core-api/products/create-product

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `name` (string, required)
- `description` (string, required)
- `price` (integer, required)
- `is_active` (boolean, required)
- `categories` (list of integer, required)

## Response

### 200

Successful response

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "name": "OLED Display Module",
  "description": "I2C 128x64 pixels screen for microcontrollers",
  "price": 18500,
  "is_active": true,
  "categories": [
    2,
    4
  ]
}
```

**Response**

```json
{}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Products_Create Product_example
import requests

url = "http://localhost:8000/api/v1/products"

payload = {
    "name": "OLED Display Module",
    "description": "I2C 128x64 pixels screen for microcontrollers",
    "price": 18500,
    "is_active": True,
    "categories": [2, 4]
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Products_Create Product_example
const url = 'http://localhost:8000/api/v1/products';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"name":"OLED Display Module","description":"I2C 128x64 pixels screen for microcontrollers","price":18500,"is_active":true,"categories":[2,4]}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Products_Create Product_example
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "http://localhost:8000/api/v1/products"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"OLED Display Module\",\n  \"description\": \"I2C 128x64 pixels screen for microcontrollers\",\n  \"price\": 18500,\n  \"is_active\": true,\n  \"categories\": [\n    2,\n    4\n  ]\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(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Products_Create Product_example
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://localhost:8000/api/v1/products")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"OLED Display Module\",\n  \"description\": \"I2C 128x64 pixels screen for microcontrollers\",\n  \"price\": 18500,\n  \"is_active\": true,\n  \"categories\": [\n    2,\n    4\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Products_Create Product_example
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("http://localhost:8000/api/v1/products")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"OLED Display Module\",\n  \"description\": \"I2C 128x64 pixels screen for microcontrollers\",\n  \"price\": 18500,\n  \"is_active\": true,\n  \"categories\": [\n    2,\n    4\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php Products_Create Product_example
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'http://localhost:8000/api/v1/products', [
  'body' => '{
  "name": "OLED Display Module",
  "description": "I2C 128x64 pixels screen for microcontrollers",
  "price": 18500,
  "is_active": true,
  "categories": [
    2,
    4
  ]
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Products_Create Product_example
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("http://localhost:8000/api/v1/products");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"name\": \"OLED Display Module\",\n  \"description\": \"I2C 128x64 pixels screen for microcontrollers\",\n  \"price\": 18500,\n  \"is_active\": true,\n  \"categories\": [\n    2,\n    4\n  ]\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Products_Create Product_example
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "name": "OLED Display Module",
  "description": "I2C 128x64 pixels screen for microcontrollers",
  "price": 18500,
  "is_active": true,
  "categories": [2, 4]
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:8000/api/v1/products")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```