Create a work order bid
Work module
POST/work-order-bidsworkOrderBids.create
A bid on a work order. Creates a work order bid. 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 work.work_order.write.
- OAuth scopes: work.
- 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: WorkOrderBidCreate
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| work_order_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the work order. |
| bidder_organization_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the bidding organization. |
| amount_minor | integer (int64) | null | No | Bid amount. Integer minor units of the resource currency; null means unpriced, never zero. |
| currency | string | Yes | ISO 4217 currency code of every money field.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Z]{3}$ |
| notes | string | null | No | Bid notes.Constraints: length 1 to 20000 |
{
"work_order_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"bidder_organization_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"amount_minor": 790000,
"currency": "USD",
"notes": "Includes delivery and install."
}Response 201: WorkOrderBid
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the work order bid. |
| 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. |
| work_order_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the work order. |
| bidder_organization_id | string (uuid) | Yes | Identifier of the bidding organization. |
| amount_minor | integer (int64) | null | Yes | Bid amount. Integer minor units of the resource currency; null means unpriced, never zero. |
| currency | string | Yes | ISO 4217 currency code of every money field.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Z]{3}$ |
| bid_state | string | Yes | Bid state. A Title Case value from the lifecycle's database enum.Constraints: pattern ^[A-Z0-9][A-Za-z0-9&'/.()-]*( [A-Za-z0-9&'/.()-]+)*$ |
| notes | string | null | Yes | Bid notes.Constraints: length 1 to 20000 |
{
"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",
"work_order_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"bidder_organization_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"amount_minor": 790000,
"currency": "USD",
"bid_state": "Quoted",
"notes": "Includes delivery and install."
}Code samples
curl -X POST "$XOS_BASE_URL/work-order-bids" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $XOS_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"work_order_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","bidder_organization_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","amount_minor":790000,"currency":"USD","notes":"Includes delivery and install."}'const { data } = await xos.workOrderBids.create({
"work_order_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"bidder_organization_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
"amount_minor": 790000,
"currency": "USD",
"notes": "Includes delivery and install."
});response = xos.work_order_bids.create({"work_order_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f", "bidder_organization_id": "0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f", "amount_minor": 790000, "currency": "USD", "notes": "Includes delivery and install."})xos work-order-bids create --data '{"work_order_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","bidder_organization_id":"0192f1e2-7c3a-7b4d-9e8f-1a2b3c4d5e6f","amount_minor":790000,"currency":"USD","notes":"Includes delivery and install."}'