# The order factory object

An order factory object is returned as part of the response body of each successful list or retrieve API call to the `/api/order_factories` endpoint.

## Fields

| Field                               | Type      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ----------------------------------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **type**                            | `string`  | `order_factories`                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| **id**                              | `string`  | The order factory unique identifier                                                                                                                                                                 |
| links.**self**                      | `string`  | The order factory endpoint URL                                                                                                                                                                      |
| attributes.**status**               | `string`  | The order factory status. One of 'pending' (default), 'in\_progress', 'aborted', 'failed', or 'completed'.                                                                                          |
| attributes.**started\_at**          | `string`  | Time at which the order copy was started.                                                                                                                                                           |
| attributes.**completed\_at**        | `string`  | Time at which the order copy was completed.                                                                                                                                                         |
| attributes.**failed\_at**           | `string`  | Time at which the order copy has failed.                                                                                                                                                            |
| attributes.**errors\_log**          | `object`  | Contains the order copy errors, if any.                                                                                                                                                             |
| attributes.**errors\_count**        | `integer` | Indicates the number of copy errors, if any.                                                                                                                                                        |
| attributes.**place\_target\_order** | `boolean` | Indicates if the target order must be placed upon copy.                                                                                                                                             |
| attributes.**reuse\_wallet**        | `boolean` | Indicates if the payment source within the source order customer's wallet must be copied.                                                                                                           |
| attributes.**created\_at**          | `string`  | Time at which the resource was created.                                                                                                                                                             |
| attributes.**updated\_at**          | `string`  | Time at which the resource was last updated.                                                                                                                                                        |
| attributes.**reference**            | `string`  | A string that you can use to add any external identifier to the resource. This can be useful for integrating the resource to an external system, like an ERP, a marketing tool, a CRM, or whatever. |
| attributes.**reference\_origin**    | `string`  | Any identifier of the third party system that defines the reference code.                                                                                                                           |
| attributes.**metadata**             | `object`  | Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to the resource. This can be useful for storing additional information about the resource in a structured format.                                        |
| relationships.**source\_order**     | `object`  | The source order to copy from.                                                                                                                                                                      |
| relationships.**target\_order**     | `object`  | The copied target order.                                                                                                                                                                            |
| relationships.**events**            | `array`   | The associated events.                                                                                                                                                                              |
| relationships.**event\_stores**     | `array`   | The associated event stores.                                                                                                                                                                        |
| meta.**mode**                       | `string`  | The resource environment (can be one of `test` or `live`)                                                                                                                                           |


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