Create a tax category

How to create a tax category via API

To create a new tax category, send a POST request to the /api/tax_categories endpoint, passing the resource arguments in the request body.

Request

POST https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories

Arguments

Body Parameter	Type	Required
type	string	Required
attributes.code	string	Required
attributes.sku_code	string	Optional
attributes.reference	string	Optional
attributes.reference_origin	string	Optional
attributes.metadata	object	Optional
relationships.sku	object	Required
relationships.tax_calculator	object	Required

Example

Request

The following request creates a new tax category:

curl -g -X POST \
  'https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer your-access-token' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -d '{
  "data": {
    "type": "tax_categories",
    "attributes": {
      "code": "31000"
    },
    "relationships": {
      "sku": {
        "data": {
          "type": "skus",
          "id": "ABCRtyUpBa"
        }
      },
      "tax_calculator": {
        "data": {
          "type": "tax_calculators",
          "id": "BCDRtyUpBa"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}'

Response

On success, the API responds with a 201 Created status code, returning the created resource object:

{
  "data": {
    "id": "XAyRWNUzyN",
    "type": "tax_categories",
    "links": {
      "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories/XAyRWNUzyN"
    },
    "attributes": {
      "code": "31000",
      "sku_code": "TSHIRTMM000000FFFFFFXLXX",
      "created_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "reference": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE",
      "reference_origin": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE-ORIGIN",
      "metadata": {
        "foo": "bar"
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "sku": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/sku",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories/XAyRWNUzyN/sku"
        }
      },
      "tax_calculator": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/tax_calculator",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories/XAyRWNUzyN/tax_calculator"
        }
      },
      "attachments": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/attachments",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories/XAyRWNUzyN/attachments"
        }
      },
      "event_stores": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/event_stores",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/tax_categories/XAyRWNUzyN/event_stores"
        }
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "mode": "test",
      "organization_id": "xRRkjDFafe",
      "trace_id": "69abaa3545913c78132e5578bd26208d44aa9043647d78698fd0021f3958cd74"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "mode": "test",
    "organization_id": "xRRkjDFafe",
    "trace_id": "69abaa3545913c78132e5578bd26208d44aa9043647d78698fd0021f3958cd74"
  }
}