> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.joinluminous.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create a carton template > Add a carton to the catalog. Only `name` is required; every other field falls back to its default (`type` = `box`, `fill_limit_pct` = `100`, `priority` = `0`, `is_active` = `true`, `requires_dry_ice` = `false`). `name` must be unique among non-deleted cartons. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/build.yaml post /carton-templates openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: Luminous API version: 1.0.0 description: API documentation for Luminous servers: - url: https://{companyName}.api.joinluminous.com/external/api/v1 variables: companyName: default: companyName description: Your company-specific subdomain security: [] tags: - name: Products description: Get and manage products - name: Pricing description: Manage price schedules, levels, and customizations - name: BOMs description: Manage Bills of Materials (BOMs) - name: Labels description: Label rendering via Labelary ZPL service - name: Companies description: Manage business accounts and their associated data - name: Contacts description: Manage contact information for individuals - name: Suppliers description: Manage suppliers (factories) — vendors used on purchase orders - name: Supplier SKUs description: Manage per-supplier SKU and unit-cost overrides for products - name: Locations description: Manage warehouses and locations - name: Inventory description: Get and adjust product stock levels - name: Lots description: Create, update, and delete product lots (batches) - name: Transfer Orders description: Manage transfer orders - name: Fulfillment Orders description: Manage fulfillment orders and picklists - name: Fulfillment Priority Lists description: Configure fulfillment routing priority lists - name: Purchase Orders description: Get and modify purchase orders - name: Supplier Portal description: >- Read a supplier's response to a purchase order and control the one-click portal link - name: Receiving Reports description: Manage receiving reports - name: Payment Obligations description: Manage payment obligations for purchase orders - name: Sales Orders description: Manage sales orders and sales order shipments - name: Purgatory description: >- Inspect and resolve non-posted sales orders in the purgatory staging workflow - name: PickFlow Shipping description: >- Provider-agnostic shipping rates, services, packages, and label purchase for PickFlow - name: Cycle Counts description: >- Create, drive, and post PickFlow cycle counts — batches, per-warehouse sessions, and CSV import/export - name: Print Stations description: List paired print stations and enqueue print jobs to them - name: Invoices description: Get and manage invoices - name: Work Orders description: >- Manage work orders — production lifecycle, steps, materials, links, shipments, and comments - name: Production Batches description: Group and manage work orders as production batches - name: Bills description: >- Accounts payable bill management, payments, attachments, allocations, and variance - name: Prepayments description: Manage vendor prepayments and applications - name: Vendor Credits description: Manage vendor credits and applications - name: Vendor Returns description: Manage vendor returns and credit generation - name: Customer Returns description: Manage customer returns (sales returns), receiving, and restock behavior - name: Stock Snapshot description: Point-in-time stock snapshots with export support - name: Consumption description: Consumption reports and exports - name: Inventory Aging description: Cost-layer-based inventory aging reports - name: Bills Reports description: Accounts payable bills aging reports - name: Forecast description: Materialized forecast data - name: Reports description: Close the books, inventory discrepancy, transaction COGS, and EDI reports - name: Tags description: Add/remove tags across various resources - name: Custom Fields description: Get and set custom fields across various resources - name: Currency description: Currency configuration, exchange rates, and conversion - name: Integration Mappings description: Manage integration mappings for external systems - name: Integration Field Mappings description: Manage field-level mappings between Luminous and external systems paths: /carton-templates: post: tags: - Carton Templates summary: Create a carton template description: > Add a carton to the catalog. Only `name` is required; every other field falls back to its default (`type` = `box`, `fill_limit_pct` = `100`, `priority` = `0`, `is_active` = `true`, `requires_dry_ice` = `false`). `name` must be unique among non-deleted cartons. operationId: createCartonTemplate requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: allOf: - type: object description: > Create/update payload for a carton template. On create, only `name` is required; all other fields fall back to their column defaults. On update every field is optional — send only the fields you intend to change. properties: name: type: string maxLength: 255 description: >- Carton name (unique among non-deleted templates). Required on create. type: type: string enum: - box - envelope - custom description: Container type. Defaults to `box`. inner_length_in: type: number format: float nullable: true minimum: 0 description: Usable interior length, in inches. inner_width_in: type: number format: float nullable: true minimum: 0 description: Usable interior width, in inches. inner_height_in: type: number format: float nullable: true minimum: 0 description: Usable interior height, in inches. tare_weight_oz: type: number format: float nullable: true minimum: 0 description: The empty carton's own weight, in ounces. max_weight_oz: type: number format: float nullable: true minimum: 0 description: Maximum content weight the carton can hold, in ounces. cost: type: number format: float nullable: true minimum: 0 description: Cost of the carton itself. fill_limit_pct: type: integer nullable: true minimum: 1 maximum: 100 description: >- Maximum fill (1–100) of the carton's volume the engine will pack. Defaults to `100`. allowed_packing_classes: type: array nullable: true items: type: string description: >- List of packing-class values this carton accepts. `null` (or omitted) means any class. requires_dry_ice: type: boolean description: >- Whether shipments packed in this carton require dry ice. Defaults to `false`. dry_ice_weight_oz: type: number format: float nullable: true minimum: 0 description: Weight of dry ice to add, in ounces. default_package_code: type: string maxLength: 255 nullable: true description: >- Carrier package-type code used when buying a label for this carton. priority: type: integer description: >- Selection priority. Higher-priority cartons are preferred by the engine. Defaults to `0`. is_active: type: boolean description: >- Whether the carton is active and available for cartonization. Defaults to `true`. - required: - name example: name: Small Mailer Box type: box inner_length_in: 8 inner_width_in: 6 inner_height_in: 4 tare_weight_oz: 3.5 max_weight_oz: 160 cost: 0.85 fill_limit_pct: 90 allowed_packing_classes: - standard priority: 10 is_active: true responses: '201': description: Carton template created. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: data: type: object description: > A carton template — a shipping box, envelope, or packer-custom container in the carton catalog that the cartonization engine can choose from when packing a shipment. Dimensions are stored in inches and weights in ounces. properties: id: type: integer description: Unique identifier for the carton template. name: type: string description: Carton name (unique among non-deleted templates). type: type: string enum: - box - envelope - custom description: Container type. Defaults to `box`. inner_length_in: type: number format: float nullable: true description: Usable interior length, in inches. inner_width_in: type: number format: float nullable: true description: Usable interior width, in inches. inner_height_in: type: number format: float nullable: true description: Usable interior height, in inches. tare_weight_oz: type: number format: float nullable: true description: The empty carton's own weight, in ounces. max_weight_oz: type: number format: float nullable: true description: Maximum content weight the carton can hold, in ounces. cost: type: number format: float nullable: true description: Cost of the carton itself. fill_limit_pct: type: integer nullable: true description: >- Maximum fill (1–100) of the carton's volume the engine will pack. Defaults to `100`. allowed_packing_classes: type: array nullable: true items: type: string description: >- List of packing-class values this carton accepts. `null` means any class is allowed. requires_dry_ice: type: boolean description: >- Whether shipments packed in this carton require dry ice. dry_ice_weight_oz: type: number format: float nullable: true description: Weight of dry ice to add, in ounces. default_package_code: type: string nullable: true description: >- Carrier package-type code used when buying a label for this carton. priority: type: integer description: >- Selection priority. Higher-priority cartons are preferred by the engine. Defaults to `0`. is_active: type: boolean description: >- Whether the carton is active and available for cartonization. Defaults to `true`. created_at: type: string format: date-time nullable: true updated_at: type: string format: date-time nullable: true '401': description: Unauthorized content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: message: type: string '422': description: >- Validation error — e.g. missing `name`, duplicate `name`, or an invalid `type`. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: message: type: string errors: type: object additionalProperties: type: array items: type: string security: - BearerAuth: [] components: securitySchemes: BearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- Authenticate using a bearer token. To create a token, navigate to /settings/api-tokens and click Create API Token. ````