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# Create a shipping package

> Creates a shipping package and returns it under `shipping_package`.

Send the package under `shipping_package` with its `name` and the dimensions you know. Give a unit for a dimension in its `*_uom` field as the unit's bare uuid.

> [!NOTE]
>
> The SDK samples get their client from credentials your app registers once when it starts, as shown in [Authentication](https://exsited.mintlify.site/authentication.md#set-up-a-client). To try the call here, click **Try it**, set `host` to your Exsited API host name and paste an access token from [Get an access token](https://exsited.mintlify.site/api-reference/authentication/get-an-access-token.md). To send a raw JSON body instead of filling in fields, copy the cURL sample and edit its `-d` payload.


## OpenAPI

````yaml POST /settings/shipping_packages
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Exsited API
  version: v4
servers:
  - url: https://{host}/api/v4
    variables:
      host:
        default: your-api-host.example.com
        description: Your Exsited API host name, without https://.
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Authentication
  - name: Accounts
  - name: Account emails
  - name: Account groups
  - name: Communications
  - name: Communication profiles
  - name: Orders
  - name: Quote orders
  - name: Express
  - name: Usages
  - name: Sales reps
  - name: Gift certificates
  - name: Invoices
  - name: Pro-forma invoices
  - name: Payments
  - name: Refunds
  - name: Credit notes
  - name: Credit note applications
  - name: Reconciliations
  - name: Items
  - name: Inventory adjustments
  - name: Units of measurement
  - name: Zones
  - name: Shipping packages
  - name: Shipping rules
  - name: Fulfillment profiles
  - name: Fulfillment terms
  - name: Item fulfillments
  - name: Item receipts
  - name: Bookings
  - name: Rental assets
  - name: Return merchandise authorisations
  - name: Purchase orders
  - name: Purchase invoices
  - name: Purchase payments
  - name: Purchase refunds
  - name: Purchase credit notes
  - name: Purchase credit note applications
  - name: Purchase express
  - name: Return vendor authorizations
  - name: ABA files
  - name: Receive terms
  - name: Labours
  - name: Tasks
  - name: Timesheets
  - name: Milestones
  - name: Employees
  - name: Departments
  - name: Designations
  - name: Teams
  - name: Time periods
  - name: Workflows
  - name: Workflow settings
  - name: Events
  - name: Custom events
  - name: System events
  - name: Approvals
  - name: Approval profiles
  - name: Approval user groups
  - name: Alerts
  - name: Alert responsibility settings
  - name: Alert responsibilities
  - name: Action scripts
  - name: Note groups
  - name: Note attachments
  - name: Instance settings
  - name: Accounting codes
  - name: Additional codes
  - name: Billing periods
  - name: Charging periods
  - name: Pricing periods
  - name: Invoice terms
  - name: Days of the month
  - name: Countries
  - name: Salutations
  - name: Document templates
  - name: Email templates
  - name: Roles
  - name: Operators
  - name: Operator groups
  - name: User settings
  - name: Custom attributes
  - name: Custom components
  - name: Custom features
  - name: Custom fields
  - name: Custom forms
  - name: Attribute attachments
  - name: Portal
  - name: Integration connections
  - name: External databases
  - name: Reports
  - name: Applications
  - name: Organisation
  - name: Child organisations
  - name: Webhooks
paths:
  /settings/shipping_packages:
    post:
      tags:
        - Shipping packages
      summary: Create a shipping package
      description: >-
        Send the package under `shipping_package` with its `name` and the
        dimensions you know. Give a unit for a dimension in its `*_uom` field as
        the unit's bare uuid.
      operationId: shipping_packages_create_settings_shipping_package
      parameters: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                shipping_package:
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    name:
                      type: string
                    display_name:
                      type: string
                    description:
                      type: string
                    length:
                      type: number
                    width:
                      type: number
                    height:
                      type: number
                    weight:
                      type: number
                    cubic:
                      type: number
                    length_uom:
                      type: string
                      description: The unit's bare uuid, not its prefixed id.
                    width_uom:
                      type: string
                      description: The unit's bare uuid, not its prefixed id.
                    height_uom:
                      type: string
                      description: The unit's bare uuid, not its prefixed id.
                    weight_uom:
                      type: string
                      description: The unit's bare uuid, not its prefixed id.
                    cubic_uom:
                      type: string
                      description: The unit's bare uuid, not its prefixed id.
              required:
                - shipping_package
            example:
              shipping_package:
                name: Small box
                length: 10
                weight: 1.5
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The new shipping package, under `shipping_package`.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ShippingPackageResponse'
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: bash
          label: cURL
          source: |-
            curl -X POST "$EXSITED_BASE_URL/api/v4/settings/shipping_packages" \
              -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
              -d '{
                "shipping_package": {
                  "name": "Small box",
                  "length": 10,
                  "weight": 1.5
                }
              }'
        - lang: python
          label: Python
          source: >
            from exsited import build_client


            client = build_client()


            response =
            client.shipping_packages.create_settings_shipping_package(
                {"shipping_package": {"name": "Small box", "length": 10, "weight": 1.5}}
            )

            print(response.data)
        - lang: javascript
          label: JavaScript
          source: >
            import {buildClient} from 'exsited';


            const client = await buildClient();


            const response = await
            client.shippingPackages.createSettingsShippingPackage({
                shipping_package: {name: 'Small box', length: 10, weight: 1.5},
            });

            console.log(response.data);
        - lang: php
          label: PHP
          source: >
            use Exsited\Client\ClientRegistry;


            $client = ClientRegistry::buildClient();


            $response =
            $client->shippingPackages->createSettingsShippingPackage([
                'shipping_package' => ['name' => 'Small box', 'length' => 10, 'weight' => 1.5],
            ]);

            print_r($response->data);
        - lang: java
          label: Java
          source: >
            import com.exsited.client.ApiResponse;

            import com.exsited.client.ClientRegistry;

            import com.exsited.client.ExsitedClient;

            import
            com.exsited.resources.shipping_packages.shipping_packages_dto.ShippingPackagesDto.SettingsShippingPackage;

            import java.util.Map;


            ExsitedClient client = ClientRegistry.buildClient();


            ApiResponse<SettingsShippingPackage> response =
            client.shippingPackages().createSettingsShippingPackage(
                    Map.of("shipping_package", Map.of("name", "Small box", "length", 10, "weight", 1.5)));
            System.out.println(response.getMap());
        - lang: csharp
          label: .NET
          source: >
            using Exsited.Client;


            await using var client = ExsitedClient.BuildClient();


            var response = await
            client.ShippingPackages.CreateSettingsShippingPackageAsync(new
            Dictionary<string, object?>

            {
                ["shipping_package"] = new Dictionary<string, object?>
                {
                    ["name"] = "Small box",
                    ["length"] = 10,
                    ["weight"] = 1.5,
                },
            });


            Console.WriteLine(response.Json);
        - lang: dart
          label: Dart
          source: >
            import 'package:exsited/exsited.dart';


            final client = buildClient();


            final response = await
            client.shippingPackages.createSettingsShippingPackage({
              'shipping_package': {'name': 'Small box', 'length': 10, 'weight': 1.5},
            });

            print(response.map);
        - lang: go
          label: Go
          source: "import (\n\t\"context\"\n\t\"fmt\"\n\t\"log\"\n\n\texsited \"github.com/exsited/exsited-sdk-go/v4\"\n)\n\nclient, err := exsited.BuildClient(nil)\nif err != nil {\n\tlog.Fatal(err)\n}\ndefer client.Close()\n\nresponse, err := client.ShippingPackages().CreateSettingsShippingPackage(context.Background(), map[string]any{\n\t\"shipping_package\": map[string]any{\n\t\t\"name\":   \"Small box\",\n\t\t\"length\": 10,\n\t\t\"weight\": 1.5,\n\t},\n}, nil)\nif err != nil {\n\tlog.Fatal(err)\n}\nfmt.Println(response.Map)\n"
components:
  schemas:
    ShippingPackageResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        shipping_package:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ShippingPackage'
    ShippingPackage:
      type: object
      properties:
        created_by: {}
        created_on:
          type: string
        cubic: {}
        cubic_uom:
          description: The volume unit's bare uuid.
        description:
          type: string
        display_name:
          type: string
        height:
          type: number
        height_uom:
          description: The height unit's bare uuid.
        href:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
        last_updated_by: {}
        last_updated_on:
          type: string
        length:
          type: number
        length_uom:
          description: The length unit's bare uuid.
        name:
          type: string
        object:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
        weight:
          type: number
        weight_uom:
          description: The weight unit's bare uuid.
        width:
          type: number
        width_uom:
          description: The width unit's bare uuid.
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        An access token from `POST /api/v4/oauth2/token`. The SDKs get and renew
        it for you.

````

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