# Copy a product

`POST https://api.cademi.com.br/api/v3/products/{product_id}/copies`

Operation ID: `products.copies.create` · API v3

Starts an asynchronous copy of the product, with the given `name`, into the target showcase in the same account.

The response returns an operation. Track it through the URL in the `Location` header; when the operation completes, its result includes the `copy_id` of the new product.

Replicated products cannot be copied and replicated showcases cannot receive copies; these requests return the `replica_readonly` error code.

Required permissions: `products.create`.

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `product_id` | path | string | yes |  |

## Request body

Content type: `application/json`, required.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | string | yes |  |
| `showcase_id` | string | yes |  |

## Responses

### 202

The copy was accepted for asynchronous processing. Returns the operation that tracks it.

Body: `data`: Operation.

Fields of Operation:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `attempt` | object or null | yes |  |
| `cancellation_requested` | boolean | yes |  |
| `created_at` | string (date-time) | yes |  |
| `error` | object or null | yes |  |
| `expires_at` | string (date-time) | yes |  |
| `finished_at` | string or null (date-time) | yes |  |
| `id` | string | yes | Public ID, with the op_ prefix. |
| `items_url` | string | yes |  |
| `object` | string, one of `operation` | yes |  |
| `progress` | object | yes |  |
| `result_url` | string or null | yes |  |
| `started_at` | string or null (date-time) | yes |  |
| `status` | string, one of `queued`, `running`, `succeeded`, `partially_succeeded`, `failed`, `canceled` | yes |  |
| `type` | string | yes | Type of the operation, from a fixed set of values. |

### 401

The credential is missing, malformed, expired, or revoked.

Body: Error.

### 403

The current credentials do not have the permission required by this operation.

Body: Error.

### 404

The source product or the target showcase was not found or is not accessible with the current credentials.

Body: Error.

### 422

The Idempotency-Key header is missing.

Body: Error.

Full schema: https://cademi.dev/openapi/v3.json