> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://spreecommerce.org/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create a stock location > Creates a new stock location. Setting `default: true` automatically demotes the previous default location. **Required scope:** `write_settings` (for API-key authentication). ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/admin.yaml post /api/v3/admin/stock_locations openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: Admin API contact: name: Spree Commerce url: https://spreecommerce.org email: hello@spreecommerce.org description: > Spree Admin API v3 - Administrative API for managing products, orders, and store settings. ## Authentication The Admin API requires a secret API key passed in the `x-spree-api-key` header. Secret API keys can be generated in the Spree admin dashboard. ## Response Format All responses are JSON. List endpoints return paginated responses with `data` and `meta` keys. Single resource endpoints return a flat JSON object. ## Resource IDs Every resource is identified by an opaque string ID (e.g. `prod_86Rf07xd4z`, `variant_k5nR8xLq`, `or_UkLWZg9DAJ`). Use these IDs everywhere — URL paths, request bodies, and Ransack filters all accept them directly. ## Error Handling Errors return a consistent format: ```json { "error": { "code": "validation_error", "message": "Validation failed", "details": { "name": ["can't be blank"] } } } ``` version: v3 servers: - url: http://{defaultHost} variables: defaultHost: default: localhost:3000 security: [] tags: - name: Authentication description: Admin user authentication - name: Product Catalog description: Products, variants, and option types - name: Orders description: >- Order management — orders, items, payments, fulfillments, refunds, gift cards, store credits - name: Customers description: Customer management — profiles, addresses, store credits, credit cards - name: Configuration description: Store configuration — payment methods, tag autocomplete paths: /api/v3/admin/stock_locations: post: tags: - Configuration summary: Create a stock location description: |- Creates a new stock location. Setting `default: true` automatically demotes the previous default location. **Required scope:** `write_settings` (for API-key authentication). parameters: - name: x-spree-api-key in: header required: true schema: type: string - name: Authorization in: header required: true description: Bearer token for admin authentication schema: type: string requestBody: content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: name: type: string example: Brooklyn warehouse admin_name: type: string nullable: true description: Internal name shown only in the admin active: type: boolean example: true default: type: boolean description: Setting to true demotes the previous default. kind: type: string enum: - warehouse - store - fulfillment_center description: Categorizes the location. example: warehouse propagate_all_variants: type: boolean backorderable_default: type: boolean address1: type: string nullable: true address2: type: string nullable: true city: type: string nullable: true zipcode: type: string nullable: true phone: type: string nullable: true company: type: string nullable: true country_iso: type: string nullable: true description: ISO-3166 alpha-2 country code (e.g. "US"). state_abbr: type: string nullable: true description: >- State / province abbreviation (e.g. "NY"). Resolved against the selected country. state_name: type: string nullable: true description: Free-text state for countries without a states list. pickup_enabled: type: boolean pickup_stock_policy: type: string enum: - local - any description: >- 'local' = items at this location only; 'any' = transfer-eligible (ship-to-store). pickup_ready_in_minutes: type: number nullable: true minimum: 0 pickup_instructions: type: string nullable: true required: - name responses: '201': description: stock location created content: application/json: example: id: sloc_gbHJdmfrXB state_abbr: null name: Manhattan store address1: null city: null zipcode: null country_iso: null country_name: null state_text: null admin_name: null address2: null state_name: null phone: null company: null active: true default: false backorderable_default: false propagate_all_variants: false kind: store pickup_enabled: true pickup_stock_policy: local pickup_ready_in_minutes: 30 pickup_instructions: null created_at: '2026-06-05T13:13:05.993Z' updated_at: '2026-06-05T13:13:05.993Z' schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/StockLocation' '422': description: validation error content: application/json: example: error: code: validation_error message: Name can't be blank details: name: - can't be blank schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' security: - api_key: [] bearer_auth: [] x-codeSamples: - lang: javascript label: Spree Admin SDK source: |- import { createAdminClient } from '@spree/admin-sdk' const client = createAdminClient({ baseUrl: 'https://your-store.com', secretKey: 'sk_xxx', }) const stockLocation = await client.stockLocations.create({ name: 'Brooklyn warehouse', kind: 'warehouse', country_iso: 'US', state_abbr: 'NY', city: 'Brooklyn', zipcode: '11201', pickup_enabled: true, pickup_stock_policy: 'local', pickup_ready_in_minutes: 60, }) components: schemas: StockLocation: type: object properties: id: type: string state_abbr: type: string nullable: true name: type: string address1: type: string nullable: true city: type: string nullable: true zipcode: type: string nullable: true country_iso: type: string nullable: true country_name: type: string nullable: true state_text: type: string nullable: true admin_name: type: string nullable: true address2: type: string nullable: true state_name: type: string nullable: true phone: type: string nullable: true company: type: string nullable: true active: type: boolean default: type: boolean backorderable_default: type: boolean propagate_all_variants: type: boolean kind: type: string pickup_enabled: type: boolean pickup_stock_policy: type: string pickup_ready_in_minutes: type: number nullable: true pickup_instructions: type: string nullable: true created_at: type: string updated_at: type: string required: - id - state_abbr - name - address1 - city - zipcode - country_iso - country_name - state_text - admin_name - address2 - state_name - phone - company - active - default - backorderable_default - propagate_all_variants - kind - pickup_enabled - pickup_stock_policy - pickup_ready_in_minutes - pickup_instructions - created_at - updated_at x-typelizer: true ErrorResponse: type: object properties: error: type: object properties: code: type: string example: record_not_found message: type: string example: Record not found details: type: object description: Field-specific validation errors nullable: true example: name: - is too short - is required email: - is invalid required: - code - message required: - error example: error: code: validation_error message: Validation failed details: name: - is too short email: - is invalid securitySchemes: api_key: type: apiKey name: x-spree-api-key in: header description: Secret API key for admin access bearer_auth: type: http scheme: bearer bearerFormat: JWT description: JWT token for admin user authentication ````