Dispose of an item
Workforce module
POST/lost-found-items/{id}/disposelostFoundItems.dispose
Disposes of an unclaimed held item with a reason. Requires `Idempotency-Key`; a replay returns the original response. A rule that refuses the request returns 422 with `refusal` and `reason`.
- Requires the capability safety.incident.close.
- OAuth scopes: safety.
- Send an Idempotency-Key header. A replay with the same key returns the original response.
- Error statuses: 400, 401, 404, 409, 422, 429. Errors are RFC 9457 problem details.
Path and query parameters
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the lost found item. |
Request body: DisposeLostItemRequest
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| reason | string | Yes | Why it is disposed of.Constraints: length 1 to 500 |
{
"reason": "Posted to the wrong project."
}Response 200: 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/0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f/dispose" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"reason":"Posted to the wrong project."}'const { data } = await xos.lostFoundItems.dispose("0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f", {
"reason": "Posted to the wrong project."
});response = xos.lost_found_items.dispose("0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f", {"reason": "Posted to the wrong project."})xos lost-found-items dispose 0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f --data '{"reason":"Posted to the wrong project."}'