--- title: "Create a part" url: "https://docs.unified.to/plm/part/Create_a_part" description: "Create a part with Unified's Part API (POST /plm/{connection_id}/part). Filter by fields and raw. Supported by 2 Part integrations." date: "2026-11-02T06:50:20.035Z" updated: "2026-11-02T06:50:20.035Z" --- # Create a part Updated: November 2, 2026 POST/plm/{connection\_id}/part Creates a PlmPart. Provide the unified PlmPart fields in the request body; they are mapped to the provider's API. Returns the created PlmPart. ## Parameters **fields**string array id created\_at updated\_at master\_identifier number name description revision status lifecycle\_state type original\_type category\_id source unit\_of\_measure is\_assembly user\_id document\_ids file\_ids url metadata raw Fields to return **raw**string Raw parameters to include in the 3rd-party request. Encoded as a URL component. eg. raw parameters: foo=bar&zoo=bar -> raw=foo%3Dbar%26zoo%3Dbar **connection\_id**string required ID of the connection ## Payload One revision of a part or item **id**string Unique identifier of this part revision **created\_at**date-time (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) **updated\_at**date-time (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) **master\_identifier**string Vendor ID shared by every revision of the same part (Windchill WTPartMaster, Aras config\_id); not a unified object **number**string Part number **name**string **description**string **revision**string Revision label, e.g. B **status** enum Valid values: "IN\_WORK" "IN\_REVIEW" "RELEASED" "OBSOLETE" "OTHER" Normalized lifecycle status **lifecycle\_state**string Vendor's own lifecycle state or phase name **type** enum Valid values: "COMPONENT" "ASSEMBLY" "RAW\_MATERIAL" "SOFTWARE" "DOCUMENT\_ONLY" "OTHER" Normalized part type **original\_type**string The vendor's own part type or category name **category\_id**string The PlmCategory the part is filed under (reference to AccountingCategory) **source** enum Valid values: "MAKE" "BUY" "OTHER" Whether a part is made in-house or bought **unit\_of\_measure**string **is\_assembly**boolean Whether the part has BOM children **user\_id**string Owner or creator (reference to HrisEmployee) **document\_ids**string array Related PlmDocument IDs **file\_ids**string array Attachment IDs retrievable from StorageFile **url**string Deep link to the vendor UI **metadata** array **raw** Raw data from integration ## Returns [PlmPart](https://docs.unified.to/plm/part/model.md) | Response field | Type | Required | Description | | ------------------------ | ------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | id | string | No | Unique identifier of this part revision | | created\_at | string (date-time) | No | (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) | | updated\_at | string (date-time) | No | (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) | | master\_identifier | string | No | Vendor ID shared by every revision of the same part (Windchill WTPartMaster, Aras config\_id); not a unified object | | number | string | No | Part number | | name | string | No | | | description | string | No | | | revision | string | No | Revision label, e.g. B | | status | enum | No | Normalized lifecycle status Values: IN\_WORK, IN\_REVIEW, RELEASED, OBSOLETE, OTHER | | lifecycle\_state | string | No | Vendor's own lifecycle state or phase name | | type | enum | No | Normalized part type Values: COMPONENT, ASSEMBLY, RAW\_MATERIAL, SOFTWARE, DOCUMENT\_ONLY, OTHER | | original\_type | string | No | The vendor's own part type or category name | | category\_id | string | No | The PlmCategory the part is filed under (reference to AccountingCategory) | | source | enum | No | Whether a part is made in-house or bought Values: MAKE, BUY, OTHER | | unit\_of\_measure | string | No | | | is\_assembly | boolean | No | Whether the part has BOM children | | user\_id | string | No | Owner or creator (reference to HrisEmployee) | | document\_ids | string\[\] | No | Related PlmDocument IDs | | file\_ids | string\[\] | No | Attachment IDs retrievable from StorageFile | | url | string | No | Deep link to the vendor UI | | metadata | PlmMetadata\[\] | No | | | metadata\[\].id | string | No | The ID of the custom field definition (from the metadata/metadata endpoint). | | metadata\[\].slug | string | No | The integration's API name (key) of an existing custom field. | | metadata\[\].value | object | No | The field's value, typed by format. | | metadata\[\].namespace | string | No | | | metadata\[\].format | enum | No | The data type of the custom field, which determines how value is formatted. Values: TEXT, NUMBER, DATE, BOOLEAN, FILE, TEXTAREA, SINGLE\_SELECT, MULTIPLE\_SELECT, MEASUREMENT, PRICE, YES\_NO, CURRENCY, URL | | metadata\[\].extra\_data | object | No | | ## Errors Errors return the HTTP status code and a JSON body with `statusCode`, `error` (the short label) and `message` (a human-readable detail). ```json { "statusCode": 429, "error": "Too Many Requests", "message": "Too many requests to unified.to API; max requests per minute: N" } ``` | Status | Error | Meaning | | ------ | --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | | 400 | Bad Request | The request was malformed or failed validation. | | 401 | Unauthorized | The connection is likely broken; re-authorize it. | | 403 | Forbidden | The connection is missing permissions or scopes. | | 404 | Not Found | The requested resource does not exist. | | 429 | Too Many Requests | Rate limit exceeded (see the two sources below). | | 500 | Internal Server Error | An unexpected error occurred. | | 501 | Not Implemented | Not supported by this integration. | Errors from the underlying integration pass through: the integration's status comes back as ours (429, 401, 403, 404 or 5xx), usually with its message. When the integration's error body is unclear, Unified extracts what it can and returns a clearer message. ### 429 Too Many Requests A 429 has two possible sources: * The integration's own rate limit, passed through. * Unified's workspace limit: a rolling 60 seconds, set by plan, with the message `Too many requests to unified.to API; max requests per minute: N`. ## Code Samples ### Node.js SDK ```javascript import { UnifiedTo } from '@unified-api/typescript-sdk'; const sdk = new UnifiedTo({ security: { jwt: '', }, }); const connectionId = '5de520f96e439b002043d8dc'; const results = await sdk.plm.createPlmPart({ connectionId, plmPart: { }, fields: '', raw: '', }); ``` ### Node.js (axios) ```javascript const options = { method: 'POST', url: 'https://api.unified.to/plm/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/part', headers: { authorization: 'bearer .....' }, data: undefined, params: { fields: '', raw: '', } }; const results = await axios.request(options); ``` ### Java ```java AsyncHttpClient client = new DefaultAsyncHttpClient(); client.prepare("POST", "https://api.unified.to/plm/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/part?fields=&raw=") .setHeader("accept", "application/json") .setHeader("authorization", ".....") .execute() .toCompletableFuture() .thenAccept(System.out::println) .join(); client.close(); ``` ### Go ```go import ( "fmt" "net/http" "io/ioutil" ) url := `https://api.unified.to/plm/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/part?fields=&raw= req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil) req.Header.Add("accept", "application/json") req.Header.Add("authorization", ".....") res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req) defer res.Body.Close() body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body) ``` ### Python ```python import requests url = "https://api.unified.to/plm/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/part?fields=&raw=" headers = { "accept": "application/json", "authorization": "....." } response = requests.post(url, headers=headers) ``` ### PHP ```php $curl = curl_init(); curl_setopt_array($curl, [ CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.unified.to/plm/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/part?fields=&raw=", CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_ENCODING => "", CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST", CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [ "accept: application/json", "authorization: ....." ], ]); ``` ### Ruby ```ruby require 'uri' require 'net/http' require 'openssl' url = URI("https://api.unified.to/plm/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/part?fields=&raw=") http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port) http.use_ssl = true request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url) request["accept"] = 'application/json' request["authorization"] = '....' response = http.request(request) puts response.read_body ``` ### cURL ```bash curl --request POST \ --url 'https://api.unified.to/plm/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/part?fields=&raw=' \ --header 'accept: application/json' \ --header 'authorization: .....' ```