Create a lost found item

Workforce module

POST/lost-found-itemslostFoundItems.create

An item in the lost and found log, with photos as attachments and its claim state. Creates a lost found item. 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 safety.incident.write.
OAuth scopes: safety.
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: LostFoundItemCreate

lostFoundItems.create: LostFoundItemCreate
Field	Type	Required	Description
project_id	string (uuid)	Yes	Identifier of the project.
category	"Wallet" \| "Bag" \| "Clothing" \| "Electronics" \| "Jewelry" \| "Keys" \| "Documents" \| "Other"	Yes	Category.
description	string	Yes	Description a claimant is checked against.Constraints: length 1 to 1000
found_at	string (date-time)	Yes	When it was found.
found_location	string	Yes	Where it was found.Constraints: length 1 to 200
storage_location	string \| null	No	Where it is held.Constraints: length 1 to 200

{
  "project_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "category": "Wallet",
  "description": "Brown leather wallet.",
  "found_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
  "found_location": "Bar 2",
  "storage_location": "Security office locker 4"
}

Response 201: LostFoundItem

lostFoundItems.create: LostFoundItem
Field	Type	Required	Description
id	string (uuid)	Yes	Identifier of the lost found item.
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	Person who created the row; null for seed, platform or system writes.
updated_at	string (date-time)	Yes	When the row was last updated.
updated_by	string (uuid) \| null	Yes	Person who last updated the row; null for seed, platform or system writes.
project_id	string (uuid)	Yes	Identifier of the project.
item_number	string	Yes	Display number.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,63}$
category	"Wallet" \| "Bag" \| "Clothing" \| "Electronics" \| "Jewelry" \| "Keys" \| "Documents" \| "Other"	Yes	Category.
description	string	Yes	Description a claimant is checked against.Constraints: length 1 to 1000
found_at	string (date-time)	Yes	When it was found.
found_location	string	Yes	Where it was found.Constraints: length 1 to 200
storage_location	string \| null	Yes	Where it is held.Constraints: length 1 to 200
logged_by_membership_id	string (uuid) \| null	Yes	Identifier of the member who logged it.
item_state	"Logged" \| "Claimed" \| "Returned" \| "Disposed"	Yes	Item state.

{
  "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",
  "project_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "item_number": "LF-0001",
  "category": "Wallet",
  "description": "Brown leather wallet.",
  "found_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
  "found_location": "Bar 2",
  "storage_location": "Security office locker 4",
  "logged_by_membership_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "item_state": "Logged"
}

Code samples

curl -X POST "$XOS_BASE_URL/lost-found-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"project_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","category":"Wallet","description":"Brown leather wallet.","found_at":"2026-10-08T14:30:00Z","found_location":"Bar 2","storage_location":"Security office locker 4"}'

const { data } = await xos.lostFoundItems.create({
    "project_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
    "category": "Wallet",
    "description": "Brown leather wallet.",
    "found_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
    "found_location": "Bar 2",
    "storage_location": "Security office locker 4"
  });

response = xos.lost_found_items.create({"project_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f", "category": "Wallet", "description": "Brown leather wallet.", "found_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z", "found_location": "Bar 2", "storage_location": "Security office locker 4"})

xos lost-found-items create --data '{"project_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","category":"Wallet","description":"Brown leather wallet.","found_at":"2026-10-08T14:30:00Z","found_location":"Bar 2","storage_location":"Security office locker 4"}'