Create an asset unit
Assets module
POST/asset-unitsassetUnits.create
An individual asset tracked by serial or asset tag (unit grain), with a nine-value lifecycle. Creates an asset unit. Requires `Idempotency-Key`; a replay returns the original response. The organization is derived from the credential or the parent row, never from the body.
- Requires the capability assets.asset.write.
- OAuth scopes: assets.
- Send an Idempotency-Key header. A replay with the same key returns the original response.
- Error statuses: 400, 401, 409, 422, 429. Errors are RFC 9457 problem details.
Request body: AssetUnitCreate
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| asset_class_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the asset class. |
| asset_tag | string | Yes | Asset tag (a code that is ours).Constraints: pattern ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,63}$ |
| condition_enum_id | string | null | No | Condition: a row of the canon Asset Condition enumeration.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,63}$ |
| home_venue_id | string (uuid) | null | No | Identifier of the venue the unit returns to. |
{
"asset_class_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"asset_tag": "NWL-TR-0042",
"condition_enum_id": "ENM-017",
"home_venue_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"
}Response 201: AssetUnit
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the asset unit. |
| org_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the owning organization, derived from the parent row and never accepted from the caller. |
| created_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was created. |
| created_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who created the row; null when a seed, platform or system process created it. |
| updated_at | string (date-time) | Yes | When the row was last updated. |
| updated_by | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the person who last updated the row; null when a seed, platform or system process updated it. |
| asset_class_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the asset class. |
| asset_tag | string | Yes | Asset tag (a code that is ours).Constraints: pattern ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,63}$ |
| asset_state | "Proposed" | "Received" | "Available" | "Reserved" | "Deployed" | "In Maintenance" | "Damaged" | "Lost" | "Retired" | Yes | Asset lifecycle state. |
| condition_enum_id | string | null | Yes | Condition: a row of the canon Asset Condition enumeration.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,63}$ |
| home_venue_id | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the venue the unit returns to. |
{
"id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"org_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"created_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"created_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"updated_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"updated_by": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"asset_class_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"asset_tag": "NWL-TR-0042",
"asset_state": "Available",
"condition_enum_id": "ENM-017",
"home_venue_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"
}Code samples
curl -X POST "$XOS_BASE_URL/asset-units" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"asset_class_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","asset_tag":"NWL-TR-0042","condition_enum_id":"ENM-017","home_venue_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"}'const { data } = await xos.assetUnits.create({
"asset_class_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"asset_tag": "NWL-TR-0042",
"condition_enum_id": "ENM-017",
"home_venue_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"
});response = xos.asset_units.create({"asset_class_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f", "asset_tag": "NWL-TR-0042", "condition_enum_id": "ENM-017", "home_venue_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"})xos asset-units create --data '{"asset_class_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","asset_tag":"NWL-TR-0042","condition_enum_id":"ENM-017","home_venue_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f"}'