Create an offer
People module
POST/offersoffers.create
Terms issued to a person or organization: accepted, countered or declined. Creates an offer. 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 opportunities.offer.send.
- OAuth scopes: opportunities.
- 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: OfferCreate
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| application_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the application the offer answers. |
| rate_type | RateType | null | No | |
| expires_at | string (date-time) | null | No | When the terms in force lapse unanswered. |
| amount_minor | integer (int64) | null | No | Offered amount per rate unit; null when the version leaves the amount open. Integer minor units of the resource currency; null means unpriced, never zero. |
| currency_code | string | null | No | ISO 4217 currency of the amount.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Z]{3}$ |
| starts_on | string (date) | null | No | First day of the work offered. |
| ends_on | string (date) | null | No | Last day of the work offered. |
| message | string | null | No | Message to the other side with the terms. Visible to both sides.Constraints: length 1 to 4000 |
{
"application_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"expires_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"amount_minor": 45000,
"currency_code": "USD",
"starts_on": "2026-10-08",
"ends_on": "2026-10-08",
"message": "Rate includes the load-in day."
}Response 201: Offer
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the offer. |
| 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. |
| application_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the application the offer answers. |
| person_id | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the offered person. |
| organization_id | string (uuid) | null | Yes | Identifier of the offered organization. |
| rate_type | RateType | null | Yes | |
| expires_at | string (date-time) | null | Yes | When the terms in force lapse unanswered. |
| offer_state | string | Yes | Offer state. A Title Case value from the lifecycle's database enum.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Z0-9][A-Za-z0-9&'/.()-]*( [A-Za-z0-9&'/.()-]+)*$ |
| responded_at | string (date-time) | null | Yes | When the offer was answered. |
| version_number | integer | Yes | Version of the terms in force, issued by the database; the highest is in force.Constraints: range 0 to any |
| proposed_side | "Organization" | "Party" | Yes | Side that proposed the terms in force. |
| amount_minor | integer (int64) | null | Yes | Offered amount per rate unit; null when the version leaves the amount open. Integer minor units of the resource currency; null means unpriced, never zero. |
| currency_code | string | null | Yes | ISO 4217 currency of the amount.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Z]{3}$ |
| starts_on | string (date) | null | Yes | First day of the work offered. |
| ends_on | string (date) | null | Yes | Last day of the work offered. |
| message | string | null | Yes | Message to the other side with the terms. Visible to both sides.Constraints: length 1 to 4000 |
{
"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",
"application_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"person_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"organization_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"rate_type": "Day",
"expires_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"offer_state": "Active",
"responded_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"version_number": 1,
"proposed_side": "Organization",
"amount_minor": 45000,
"currency_code": "USD",
"starts_on": "2026-10-08",
"ends_on": "2026-10-08",
"message": "Rate includes the load-in day."
}Code samples
curl -X POST "$XOS_BASE_URL/offers" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"application_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","expires_at":"2026-10-08T14:30:00Z","amount_minor":45000,"currency_code":"USD","starts_on":"2026-10-08","ends_on":"2026-10-08","message":"Rate includes the load-in day."}'const { data } = await xos.offers.create({
"application_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"expires_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z",
"amount_minor": 45000,
"currency_code": "USD",
"starts_on": "2026-10-08",
"ends_on": "2026-10-08",
"message": "Rate includes the load-in day."
});response = xos.offers.create({"application_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f", "expires_at": "2026-10-08T14:30:00Z", "amount_minor": 45000, "currency_code": "USD", "starts_on": "2026-10-08", "ends_on": "2026-10-08", "message": "Rate includes the load-in day."})xos offers create --data '{"application_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","expires_at":"2026-10-08T14:30:00Z","amount_minor":45000,"currency_code":"USD","starts_on":"2026-10-08","ends_on":"2026-10-08","message":"Rate includes the load-in day."}'