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POST
Create a currency

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API key issued per entity via Settings > Developers > API Keys. Each key carries scopes (e.g. orders:read, products:write). Bearer token format: Authorization: Bearer ark_live_ent_Test keys use ark_test_ent_. Both are issued per entity
via Settings > Developers > API Keys.

Headers

Idempotency-Key
string

Client-generated unique key for idempotent POST/PATCH/DELETE operations. Alias for the Idempotency parameter. Max 255 chars. On retry with the same key, the original response is returned without re-executing the operation. Keys expire after 24 hours.

Maximum string length: 255

Body

application/json
code
string
required
Required string length: 3
Example:

"EUR"

name
string
required
Example:

"Euro"

symbol
string | null
Example:

"EUR"

decimals
integer
default:2
is_active
boolean
default:true
metadata
object

Response

Currency created

A currency that the entity transacts in. USD is seeded on entity creation with is_base=true. Wave B multi-currency foundation: exchange_rates link non-base currencies to the base. Soft-delete refuses with HTTP 409 if the row is the entity's base currency; promote a different currency first via POST /currencies/{id}/set-base. Scope: currencies:read / currencies:write / currencies:delete. Rule 23 SSOT: is_base is flipped only by canonical setBaseCurrency (atomically demotes the previous base in the same transaction).

id
string<uuid>
read-only
object
string
Example:

"currency"

entity_id
string<uuid>
read-only
code
string

ISO 4217 currency code, UPPERCASE 3 letters.

Required string length: 3
Example:

"USD"

name
string

Human-readable currency name. 1..80 chars.

symbol
string | null

Display symbol. Optional; up to 8 chars.

decimals
integer
default:2

Display precision. JPY = 0, BHD = 3, most = 2.

is_active
boolean
default:true
is_base
boolean
default:false

True for exactly one currency per entity. Read-only; set via set-base.

metadata
object

Free-form caller metadata. Default {}.

deleted_at
string<date-time> | null
read-only
created_at
string<date-time>
read-only
updated_at
string<date-time>
read-only