Create a Cost Center

Endpoint

POST https://api.verifik.co/v2/cost-centers

Creates a cost center on your account. Managing cost centers does not spend credits.

headers

Name	Value
Content-Type	application/json
Authorization	Bearer <token>

body parameters

name

Type: string
Required: Yes

Display name, up to 120 characters.

code

Type: string
Required: Yes

Value you will send in x-cost-center. Letters, numbers, ., -, and _, up to 60 characters. Unique per account.

country

Type: string
Required: Yes

ISO-2 country code, such as ES.

active

Type: boolean
Required: No

Defaults to true.

Request Example

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.verifik.co/v2/cost-centers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VERIFIK_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"Spain operations","code":"SPAIN-OPS","country":"ES"}'

Node.js

const axios = require("axios");

const config = {
  method: "post",
  url: "https://api.verifik.co/v2/cost-centers",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
  },
  data: {
    name: "Spain operations",
    code: "SPAIN-OPS",
    country: "ES"
  }
};

axios.request(config)
.then((response) => {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch((error) => {
  console.log(error);
});

Python

import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.verifik.co/v2/cost-centers",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['VERIFIK_TOKEN']}",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={"name": "Spain operations", "code": "SPAIN-OPS", "country": "ES"},
)

print(response.json())

Response Example

200 OK

{
  "data": {
    "_id": "6acfbdda92451bac5d0a7ebe",
    "client": "69c2b824295cd7d276e478ad",
    "name": "Spain operations",
    "code": "SPAIN-OPS",
    "country": "ES",
    "active": true,
    "createdAt": "2026-10-14T17:37:30.469Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-10-14T17:37:30.469Z"
  }
}

data is the cost center object.

Error Responses

A code that already exists on the account:

{
  "message": "cost_center_code_taken",
  "code": "Conflict"
}

A missing or invalid field, such as name, code, or country:

{
  "message": "\"name\" is required",
  "code": "MissingParameter"
}