Create a line item option

How to create a line item option via API

To create a new line item option, send a POST request to the /api/line_item_options endpoint, passing the resource arguments in the request body.

Request

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

Arguments

Body Parameter	Type	Required
type	string	Required
attributes.name	string	Optional
attributes.quantity	integer	Required
attributes.options	object	Required
attributes.reference	string	Optional
attributes.reference_origin	string	Optional
attributes.metadata	object	Optional
relationships.line_item	object	Required
relationships.sku_option	object	Required
relationships.tags	array	Optional

Example

Request

The following request creates a new line item option:

curl -g -X POST \
  'https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/line_item_options' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer your-access-token' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -d '{
  "data": {
    "type": "line_item_options",
    "attributes": {
      "quantity": 2,
      "options": {
        "embossing_text": "Happy Birthday!"
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "line_item": {
        "data": {
          "type": "line_items",
          "id": "ABCRtyUpBa"
        }
      },
      "sku_option": {
        "data": {
          "type": "sku_options",
          "id": "BCDRtyUpBa"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}'

Response

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

{
  "data": {
    "id": "xYZkjABcde",
    "type": "line_item_options",
    "links": {
      "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/line_item_options/xYZkjABcde"
    },
    "attributes": {
      "name": "Embossing",
      "quantity": 2,
      "currency_code": "EUR",
      "unit_amount_cents": 990,
      "unit_amount_float": 9.9,
      "formatted_unit_amount": "€9,90",
      "total_amount_cents": 1880,
      "total_amount_float": 18.8,
      "formatted_total_amount": "€18,80",
      "delay_hours": 48,
      "delay_days": 2,
      "options": {
        "embossing_text": "Happy Birthday!"
      },
      "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": {
      "line_item": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/line_item_options/xYZkjABcde/relationships/line_item",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/line_item_options/xYZkjABcde/line_item"
        }
      },
      "sku_option": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/line_item_options/xYZkjABcde/relationships/sku_option",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/line_item_options/xYZkjABcde/sku_option"
        }
      },
      "events": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/line_item_options/xYZkjABcde/relationships/events",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/line_item_options/xYZkjABcde/events"
        }
      },
      "tags": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/line_item_options/xYZkjABcde/relationships/tags",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/line_item_options/xYZkjABcde/tags"
        }
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "mode": "test"
    }
  }
}